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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

This is the kind of authoritarian bullshit that Labour always try.

I can never comprehend why so many people who care about their rights support Labour when they really are very similar to the conservatives in many ways.

Our system isn't like America where it's a choice between red or blue. We have viable smaller parties.

Stop voting for authoritarians who enforce first past the post to diminish your democratic vote.

Start exploring whether Lib Dem, Green, or literally anyone might share your views.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Also support proportional representation to make every vote count!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Clearly I got sidetracked at the end there. Yes, I definitely meant to conclude people need to vote for parties that support proportional representation.

While the labour membership overwhelming support PR the party itself will never adopt it. And yet their membership repeatedly vote for anti democratic authoritarianism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

So LibDems then.

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