On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:45:35 +0100, Nightjar \"cpb\"@ wrote:

What is needed is to make every vote count (just as it did in this
referendum). Round here the Tories have such a big majority its not
worth getting off your arse to vote anything else.

Damn that democracy, where the candidate with the most support wins the
right to represent the entire constituency.

It would be far more democratic if each party got seats in Parliament in
proportion to the total number of votes they received in the country.

Except that to do so would completely break local accountability.

Surely it's better to have your local party select the candidate for your
constituency, a real live individual based on local issues*, than a
"party list" of anonymous could-be-anybody national party yes men?

* - yes, I know that's not what often happens, but that's entirely down
to the local parties not standing up for themselves.