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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I also detest the European election "Party Lists". Bah.
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That's the fundamental difference between our current "first past the post" system, and PR. In our system, you vote for the person; in PR you vote for the party.
Eg, where I live, we used to have an absolutely excellent MP who was superb in supporting local issues. I always used to vote for him, because I respected him as a person even though I strongly disagreed with the policies of the party that he represented. Now he's retired, though, I've changed my vote, because his replacement is just a party "yes man" without a mind of his own.