28-01-2018 14:11 via huffingtonpost.co.uk

Our Archaic Voting System Is Why We Feel Underrepresented

It came as no surprise this week that the2018 Edelman Trust Barometerrevealed nearly three in five people (57%) in the UK feel their views are not being represented in British politics.It is the inevitable consequence of an archaic voting system which has been an insult to democracy for far too long. Our analysis of the 2017 General Election results revealed that 44.1% of votes went on non-elected candidates – that’s over 14 million voters whose choice was not reflected in
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