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Originally Posted by JoshBB

Surely "small extremist parties being elected" by people I may add, is entirely what democracy is about. While I definitely do not agree with most (although all that I know of, I disagree with strongly) extremist parties, especially since they are mostly far-right organisations.. if people are voting them then they should be represented.

1% voted for them? 1% of the seats should go to that party. FPTP is not fair because it always goes back to the main two, which creates political apathy caused by people feeling disengaged with the 'main two' which they are stuck with since a vote for another party can mean that they are stuck with the worse of two evils.

We have had no electoral reform since women getting the vote, around a hundred years ago. I think we seriously need to look at the way elections work.

Its hardly democracy when the person chosen to represent the extremist group is guaranteed a seat based on number of votes that a party received and their position on a list of candidates.

Extremest small parties have been the ruin of many governments including Italy for many years. Take a look around, it doesn't work.

There is a reason that the UK is a successful country and always responds and recovers quicker than other countries - it is our system of government. It has proven to be a winning formula for many years. The only reason the likes of the lib dems want it is to artificially raise their profile. No other reason.