solving the UK's democratic deficit 0v11
Adressing the UK's democratic deficit. 29aug26 v0.11 Remember that Vladomir Zielinski was a comedian before being elected in Ukraine This page direct link... https://poelposition.blogspot.com/2026/08/fixing-uks-chronic-democratic-deficit.html The UK already has a long record of governments taking office on well under half the votes cast. First-past-the-post does not require 50%, let alone 55%. In 2024 Labour formed a very large majority (somewhat outrageously claimed as a landslide by Kier Starmer as he tried to justify extreme policy that was not mentioned in any sort of pre-election manifesto) on 33.7% of the vote. In 2019 the Conservatives did so on 43.6%, somewhat bolstered by having won the brexit r eferendum with a genuine but slim majority. Even in the more two-party 1950s the winning share rarely exceeded 49%. No post-war government has come close to 55% of the total vote. FPTP turns geographically concentrated pluralities into parliamentary majorities ...
