Britain’s general election was its least representative ever

Ballot papers for the General Election being counted at the ballot centre in Folkestone, UK.

2024-07-11  778  中等

On one level, this is nonsense. The rules of the game are clear. The aim, in FPTP, is to come first in as many constituencies as possible; votes for losing candidates do not count. Labour’s critics on the left, who carp that the party won more votes nationally under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn in 2017 and 2019, similarly struggle to grasp this basic fact.

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