Reader’s letter: Fairer voting system needed

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• Philbarron wrote:

  26/12/2023 16:21

  PR is not a complete panacea for the ills of society, but being able to vote freely for the party you most like, rather than feeling you have to vote against the party you most dislike, is likely to produce a more honest and accountable set of politicians. I don't know of any significant movements towards FPTP in any of the countries of Europe which operate PR (ie nearly all of them) but I do know that there is a strong groundswell of opinion in the UK that our voting system is part of the problem. Fewer than half of people voted Conservative in 2019, but they have governed as if that vote gave them carte Blanche to do anything they wanted.

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• RobinHoodPines85 wrote:

  26/12/2023 10:08

  Whilst I'm not against the idea of proportional representation per se, be careful what you wish for. The downsides, such as the potential for unstable government, are often disregarded in this conversation as people are fed up.
  
  For me, the real problem is the lack of talent we have in modern politics at all levels. Nationally, we have careerist grifters with no principles, moral compass or ideological framework. Locally, we have a lot of local wannabe big time Charlie's that think their seat on a district or borough council makes them more important than they are, when the reality is most people have so little interest in local govt beyond the essential services they require being delivered.
  
  To combat this, we need to teach in schools how the country actually works, eg how politics works and business and all the other things most people clearly don't understand. A more informed electorate can make better choices, it also closes down common misunderstandings and may repair modern apathy and mistrust in politics.

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