Lots of countries with coalitions work fine. The fundamental problem with FPTP is that unless you vote for the party whose seat you live in, you're almost guaranteed to waste your vote, this leads to disenfranchisement of the voters, because why bother?Simon wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:49 pmTo be fair, I think that the more diverse the parliament, the less will get done. FPTP may not be perfect, but at least it can fairly easily lead to majorities which itself can actually pass policy.DeskJockey wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:05 pm Proportional representation. Only way I can see true, lasting change to politics in this country as, for better or worse, it means each vote counts.
Secondly, by having every vote count you'll get a proliferation of parties, some only nuances apart, other polar opposites. But that means that each party won't have to bend themselves out of shape to mitigate a risk from within or try to appeal to all, there'll be other parties that suit those voters/MPs better. From my own experience con/lab/libdem tend to be the major parties, but they can create coalitions that work (Denmark tends towards three-way coalitions).
I think, that had there been more party options David Cameron could have avoided the referendum, because the back benchers would have posed less of a threat.