[hibeejim21]

Proportional representation is good because it means that all parties would have to work together but it would also mean we would have a coalition Government and they can be weak and indecisive. Also under Proportional representation it would mean electoral constituencies would have to be bigger but also that means local issues could be lost in the crowd. It would also mean that parties wouldn't have seats for life in certain areas but also could mean that right wing parties could get MPs elected.

Problem with First past the post is MPs can be elected with a small percentage of the vote. Back in 2005 Labour won the election with something like 32% of the vote.

Coalition governments are usually incapable of creating real change when its needed, everything becomes a compromise in the end.  And its not just right wing parties that would get MPs under PR, some of the loony left would also get elected!!  You would also likely see a rise in one topic parties getting seats in one election and then disappearing the next - UKIP being an obvious one but before devolution the SNP would have come into that category.

Coalition governments can be very successful actually and have been in europe, What i like about them is that when voters believe smaller parties might form a part of the Government and just may have a chance of political power, they are more likely to vote for a party they really feel represents them rather than just choosing between labour and the tories..... Nothing can be more undemocratic than that.

There is nothing wrong with sharing a mandate and compromising to find a common goal instead of the usual adversarial politics. Single-party government is much more likely to impose badly thought-out policies upon parliament and people, often for narrowly ideological reasons (for example, the poll tax in the UK).

Its time for a new approach.