Ian Dunt

So first of all, you lose all the votes for people who just didn't vote for the winning candidate.

They have no representation.

We act like politics is about winning.

It isn't.

Voting is supposed to be about representation.

OK, not about just triumph.

You know, one man triumphs over everything.

But then you also lose the franchise if you vote for the winning candidate after the point that they've won.

So the first vote after victory is a wasted vote.

And what you'll see, especially in urban seats, especially for Labour historically, is just piling up of votes, thousands and thousands of extra Labour votes, where they do no good.

They are disenfranchised votes.

If you'd spread those votes around the local area, around the country, those would elect more Labour MPs.

But in fact, you don't get MPs on that basis.

So firstly, we basically just ignore a huge amount of votes.

The second thing it does, though, I think is even more pernicious.

which is that it's organized.

Its whole function, its whole purpose is to hand the government a huge majority in the House of Commons, a strong government.

That's what it's supposed to provide.

And what that gives you is stupid government.

Because for the reasons I outlined earlier, opposition parties can't really revise in the Commons.