UK Elections results show need for reform
The recent election in the United Kingdom has left the nation without a clear majority party in Parliament, but the bigger issue to many voters is the need for electoral reform that more accurately represents the results of the voting.
Despite winning about 23% of the popular vote, the Liberal Democrat party will only receive 57 seats – or less than 10%. In contrast, labor secured 29% of the vote and receives 258 representatives.
Its plain to see that the voting system strongly favors incumbents, even beyond the typical media and word of mouth support that they can usually count on.
Increasingly around the “Democratic” English-speaking world, it is becoming clear that this democracy we claim to value is little but a public relations exercise for the established parties.
Your rulers aren’t going anywhere, and there is no voting scenario that will really change this fact. Welcome to the new international empire…