Kantor said:
Hell, no. Let them get into power, and the self-serving Lib Dems and spineless toad Mr. Brown will introduce PR. Then we can say goodbye to any Conservative government for a very long time. The last time one party got 50% of the popular vote in an election was 1935. It was the Conservatives, yes, but I very much doubt they'll be able to repeat it. I mean, I'm all for some sort of electoral reform, but proportional representation is even more flawed than our current system. No, it doesn't "represent the people". Firstly, 23% of Britain just voted for it. That means 77% voted against it. Secondly, say 23% vote Lib Dem and 26% vote Labour. Nobody has voted for a Lib Lab coalition. And Gordon being aforementioned spineless toad, he'll do whatever Clegg (Clegg, with 57 seats) wants to get that coalition. That means 23% of the British electorate has got its way. 23%. The Conservatives are a lot more likely to actually stand up to Clegg and say "No, we're in power, we'll give you some decisions, but we are still the ruling party", rather than clinging on to the nice big house and £200,000 salary which doesn't belong to them.
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No you're dead wrong. 77% didn't vote against PR, they voted for other things. This wasn't a referendum on PR and obviously other issues were more important to some people. There's no way to tell how many of that 23% actually voted for the lib dems because of PR either.
