@OhNoMoreLemmy

I'm all for random, Lords for a year for random picks over 55 years of age is very attractive.

@PamCrossland @theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne

And then taking another bite and blocking again.
Marvellous.

@PamCrossland @theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne

I guess blocking is as good a comment on the argument as any other.

@PamCrossland @theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne

That doesn't make any sense at all. Is a sub-constituency going to send an MP? If so then it's a constituency, but if the votes are an aggregation just to benefit a political party then it destroys the idea of an MP and constituencies.

It you think democracy is about fairness in results then you don't understand what democracy is. An election is not an opinion poll, it's a decision.

@theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne @PamCrossland

Well not if there are multiple outcomes.
In the London Mayoral elections sufficient put their first choice as Lord Bucket and their second the future mayor. This was after a specific campaign to save Lord Bucket's deposit and 'defeat' the right wing candidate.

That's perfectly fine, but two outcomes so not a single vote.

@PamCrossland @theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne

That's not electing to a parliament, what are these sub constituencies, how do votes in a particular area count, if they're separate then why combine them?

@PamCrossland @theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne

It can't be proportional and the existing level of constitutional representation without going to over 2000 MPs. PR in a Parliamentary system wrecks one person one vote for one candidate in a constituency.

Be careful what you wish for.

@theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne

You can't translate it into UK terms, there's around 4M voters in Ireland, 41M in the UK across 4 countries with greater disparity in density of populations and geographical size.

The average size of constituencies is 73k, so you agree with me that the future size would be around 250k. How is that local representation to a National Parliament?

There would have to be party lists to fudge it into a general proportional result across the Union.

@theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne

Neither are proportional. If STV was used as multimember then constituencies would have around quarter of a million voters instead of 90k and parties would get list candidates, either regional, national or UK wide and they wouldn't be elected by anyone.

Things not talked about by PR promoters.