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Britannist · 11-05-2008, 12:18 AM

The europhile political establishment are not going to allow any partly or fully proportional electoral system in which UKIP wins seats in the House of Commons. And since UKIP got more votes than the Liberal 'Democrats' in the last EU Election the Liberal 'Democrats' have gone quiet about proportional voting (PR - which they claim to support) because they fear being beaten again by UKIP in a PR election.

In France when small parties started to win seats in the French National Parliament in a PR election the very first thing the French President (Mitterrand) did was change the system back to one similar to our First-Past-The-Post (FPTP).

UKIP should aim to win seats under any electoral system - including FPTP.

11-05-2008, 12:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Proportional electoral system, UKIP, Commons, France, Mitterrand, small parties, FPTP The europhile political establishment are not going to allow any partly or fully proportional electoral system in which UKIP wins seats in the House of Commons. And since UKIP got more votes than the Liberal 'Democrats' in the last EU Election the Liberal 'Democrats' have gone quiet about proportional voting (PR - which they claim to support) because they fear being beaten again by UKIP in a PR election. In France when small parties started to win seats in the French National Parliament in a PR election the very first thing the French President (Mitterrand) did was change the system back to one similar to our First-Past-The-Post (FPTP). UKIP should aim to win seats under any electoral system - including FPTP. Last edited by Britannist; 11-05-2008 at 12:21 AM.