{"id":157253,"date":"2021-05-10T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1427201"},"modified":"2021-05-10T16:06:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:06:02","slug":"the-uks-voting-system-is-already-broken-but-priti-patel-wants-to-make-it-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/05\/10\/the-uks-voting-system-is-already-broken-but-priti-patel-wants-to-make-it-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s voting system is already broken but Priti Patel wants to make it worse"},"content":{"rendered":"
After a weekend of Conservative gains<\/a> in elections around the country, the left has suffered losses up and down the UK.<\/p>\n But the results only confirm what electoral reform campaigners have known for a while: the UK must change its voting system.<\/p>\n The UK is the only country, bar Belarus<\/a>, in Europe that uses First Past the Post (FPTP). The system has long been criticised<\/a> as failing to represent thousands of voters and allowing right-wing parties to dominate.<\/p>\n That could change with a system using proportional representation. But unfortunately, home secretary Priti Patel seems intent on making things worse.<\/p>\nWinner takes all<\/h5>\n