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   マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 15:00:09 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

   As a Green Party member, this makes me very happy this morning ❤️

   And just heard about Liz Truss, the icing on the cake 🤣

   Green party quadruples its number of Commons seats to four
   https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/05/green-party-co-leader-carla-denyer-unseats-labour-in-bristol-central?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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     Richard Medhurst (richardmedh@famichiki.jp)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 15:07:40 JST Richard Medhurst

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     @mario I just posted how this is the same number that Reform have got (still not quite finished though)

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     マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 15:07:40 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

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     • Richard Medhurst

     @richardmedh true, although to be fair that's down to the UK's very undemocratic voting system...

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     マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 15:19:29 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

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     • kleinertod
     • Richard Medhurst

     @kleinertod @richardmedh there was a hakf-arsed attempt to change it when the Lib Dems were in coalition with the Tories, but it came to nothing. The big parties are not interested...

     There are occasional "advantages" like right now, Reform UK (the UK's AfD) getting very few seats despite a big vote share, but that's still unhealthyin the long run, in my opinion.

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     kleinertod (kleinertod@norden.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 15:19:30 JST kleinertod

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     • Richard Medhurst

     @mario @richardmedh A vote should have the same impact no matter where it goes. This is absurd.

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     マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 17:45:09 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

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     • Robert Belton
     • kleinertod
     • Richard Medhurst

     @shiawase @kleinertod @richardmedh the voting behaviour/ actual number of votes would be different too though, because many people wouldn't be forced to vote tactically for the lesser of two evils, but could vote for their preferred candidate.

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     Robert Belton (shiawase@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 17:45:10 JST Robert Belton

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     • kleinertod
     • Richard Medhurst

     @mario @kleinertod @richardmedh
     if allocated proportionally (at 1% = 6.5 seats) Reform would be circa 91 seats, Green 44, Labour 215, Con 154, Lib 78,
     I think the hope is that under STV the more extreme parties are eliminated in round 1. and some smaller parties have more chance at gaining traction.
     None the less the rightward march of politics is depressing.

     Only voting reform on the horizon is the expansion of the vote to 16yr olds.