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Simon Brooke
Simon Brooke
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

"An analysis in October suggested that on just 27% of the vote (roughly in the middle of its polling over the past year), Reform UK would win 48% of the seats, allowing it to take power with a small coalition partner. If Reform UK forms the next government, it will be for one reason and one reason alone: our electoral system." -- George Monbiot, citing

https://electoral-reform.org.uk/first-past-the-post-could-catapult-reform-uk-into-government/

George's essay:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/04/labour-reform-greens-splitting-vote-unfair-electoral-system

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https://electoral-reform.org.uk

First Past the Post could catapult Reform UK into government

A new YouGov MRP poll, published on 26 September 2025, provides another snapshot of the chaotic democratic outcomes being caused by First Past The Post (FPTP) in our era of multi-party p
the Guardian

If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour’s cowardice | George Monbiot

Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he won’t. All the party has left are threats about ‘splitting the vote’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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EllisLove
EllisLove
@EllisLove@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 23 hours ago

@simon_brooke

how will people be informed and warned, those that don't read books/newspapers??

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Simon Brooke
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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 22 hours ago

@EllisLove Well, probably through social media. But most of the social media people read is also owned and controlled by the same kleptocratic elite, so that's no better.

But until we have media which is owned and operated as a consumer co-op, as the BBC so easily could be but isn't, there's no real solution.

The kleptocrats vital interests are directly in conflict with those of more ordinary people. They cannot continue to be so rich unless we can be kept poor.

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