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Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree | Neal Lawson

Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree | Neal Lawson
Politics | The Guardian

Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy A poll in the Mail on Sunday at the end of June was remarkable. It had not just Reform as low as 21%, but also Labour and the Tories. It was remarkable because it starkly demonstrated the fragmented landscape of the UK’s electoral terrain, as well as the electoral weakness of its main players. Polls since have varied, not least with the Burnham bounce, but this week’s YouGov voting intention figures put Reform, Labour and the Tories on 23%, 22%

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