{"id":64923,"date":"2022-09-30T07:26:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T06:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=64923"},"modified":"2022-09-30T07:26:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T06:26:25","slug":"just-because-we-can-get-rid-of-the-tories-without-proportional-representation-doesnt-mean-we-dont-need-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/30\/just-because-we-can-get-rid-of-the-tories-without-proportional-representation-doesnt-mean-we-dont-need-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Just because we can get rid of the Tories without proportional representation doesn’t mean we don’t need it"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was YouGov's poll published yesterday:<\/p>\n

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This was the resulting election map<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is, of course, quite extraordinary and may not last.<\/p>\n

But the question still remains, is this what democracy should look like in the UK? Or is proportional representation still better? Should minorities ever be as under-represented as this map would suggest that poll would mean?<\/p>\n

And, can good government, or governance, come from this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was YouGov’s poll published yesterday: This was the resulting election map: This is, of course, quite extraordinary and may not last. But the question
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