"Old Codger" wrote in message
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Whilst our present system is designed around the selection of candidates
it is possible to pick a candidate purely on party lines so it is possible
in FPTP to select "pub or coffee shop"

Which pub if there are two labour candidates, the party one or the
independent?

Oh dear coffee won again.

Its the same as having a NuLabore and an independent Labour candidate up
against a liberal.
The liberal could win with 34% of the vote using FPTP (even less with
more candidates).
You don't get to choose between Labour or liberal using FPTP, with AV
you do.

Independent labour is not labour, his views differ from the official party
line so your example effectively gives three candidates and three parties.

Maybe, maybe not.