Devin Mitchell
So I'm breaking my "no more UK election tweets" promise to make a few observations about proportional representation (a mild obsession).
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Obvious PR winners would be
@UKIP,@TheGreenParty, and@LibDems, losers:@theSNP, and@Conservatives.
.@UKLabour would technically lose seats (232 to 198), but I'd argue they would be in a better position...
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1) They'd go from 100 behind Tories to 40 behind 2) No Tory majority 3) From 1 to 14 seats in Scotland
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To be clear, Tories would still have won and Cameron would have stayed Prime Minister due to coalition arithmetic: pic.twitter.com/lOPHS9bGxj
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But I have to imagine LAB would be able to use CON having to rely on UKIP votes against them the same way CON did same to LAB w/r/t SNP.
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"Do you really want Nigel Farage to be Deputy Prime Minister?" etc
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This is of course an imperfect analysis, because electoral reform would change who people vote for.
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From Labour's perspective, none of this changes fact that first priorities have to be making up deficits on economy and leadership.
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But embracing PR, in addition to being better for democracy on merits, would be in their self-interest.
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In the same way it would significantly benefit
@TheDemocrats in the U.S., which I wrote about last fall: http://bit.ly/1K35McI . - Show more
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