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More than 60 Labour MPs call for review of UK voting system (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Apepollo11@lemmy.world to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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As far as I can tell, this is referring to this proposed amendment of the Representation of the People Bill:

https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/stages/20676/amendments/10035247

So, not quite a petition for getting rid of FPTP per-se, but proposing an independent body is set up to determine the fitness for purpose of the current system, and suggest ways to make it fairer.

There's a little reading-between-the-lines needed.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 1 day ago

Labour’s current unpopularity is largely down to Starmer’s combination of rightward-pivoting Blairism and negative charisma. If Burnham with his popular “Manchesterist” programme takes over, that should reverse some of the expected Faragist gains and possibly buy Labour a term, in which they better get cracking and push through a fairer voting system (especially if Burnham wins Makerfield due to the Greens holding back, with the expectation that electoral reform would be prioritised).