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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, FPTP is a shitty system and needs to be changed. But it's disconcerting to consider how many hard right Reform MPs we'd have now if we had proportional representation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

To be sure, but with actual labour supporters looking at that and thinking "it's because Tories didn't actually keep their promises to stop immigration" and "let's opress trans people too" I honestly don't think the resulting government with a few more in opposition would've been worse than something where an actual left party might've succeeded. You know, one that provides a revolutionary vision of hope.

“I do think people need hope, but it needs to be what I call ordinary hope, realistic hope,” Starmer said.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/britain-keir-starmer-corbyn-election-serious

This government is doomed.