Electoral reform

The title of this thread is about electoral reform. You don't have to be far left to realise the current FPTP system is totally undemocratic, and leads to confrontation rather than cooperation.

Co-operation should not be a dirty word. Co-operation between different political parties to come to a sensible policy is the reason that most European countries are outperforming the UK on every measure of achievement.

Fleurpepper

Sadly it too often is in the UK- and it is partly due to the FPTP system- which always leads to confrontational politics and extremes, rather than cooperation. Very un health see-saw politics.

Politics is mostly about power and those with the casting votes get an influence out of proportion to their numbers. Compromise is not always about less extreme, it is very often a more hard line policy that is the issue.

Short-termism has been very harmful to the UK. I think that coalition governments tend to take a long-term view resulting in more investment in future wellbeing rather than quick fixes.