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No wonder the little parties feel so bullied by the first past the post electoral system. And why the big boys like it so much. It serves the Conservative and Labour parties well – everyone else not so much. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has been ahead of the Lib Dems in the opinion polls throughout this election yet last night’s exit number crunchers predicted they’d get 13 MPs. But now it’s apparent it will be only four. Conversely the Libs, normally great advocates of proportional representation, have done rather well out of FPTP this time round, with more than 70 MP. Maybe Ed Davey’s water slid…

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