Thread by @AbbeyHeffer

For those who criticise "tactical voting" and the campaign to replace FPTP with a properly representative system (1 vote = 1 vote regardless of where you live) because neither tactical voting nor #ProportionalRepresentation will fix our democracy... You're right 🧵

https://twitter.com/JoshFwd/status/1560963654887133185

Because these are only the first steps towards reforming and democratising our political system. They're not the entire solution, not by a long shot.

But we won't get to the solution(s) without biting the bullet & playing according to the rules of our current electoral system 2️⃣

Tactical voting ousts the #Tories (notorious for wanting to "reform" our electoral system in favour of their own voters rather than democracy).

An alternative government gives us the chance to fight for PR.

PR gives smaller, reform-minded parties the chance to get into power 3️⃣

And smaller, reform-minded parties are more likely to listen to actual people's wants and needs.

Because, in a representative electoral system, we can give them power.

And if we want them to bring about more reform, more democratisation, they'll either have to listen or lose 4️⃣

Whole system reform without violent overhaul demands that we look towards the long term.

Revolution is great as an aesthetic, but not so great as a lived reality.

But something has got to give, because we're dying.

Tactical voting ➡️ PR ➡️ Real potential for real change.

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