The Labour Party is divided over the question of electoral reform. Apparently the top dogs in the party are content with ‘first past the post’, whereas the activists and members are keen on ‘proportional representation’. This is natural enough. Those at the top are concerned with power; those at the bottom are concerned with not being ignored.
Anyone who has any respect for good order – as opposed to what Professor Robert Ford of Manchester University calls “the injustices of our current electoral system” – should defend the first past the post system. I think it will survive, if only because it has a reassuringly English name.
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