ETA: All of which leads me back to my original position: why bother?
Surely because, while imperfect, it's a slightly less blunt instrument that FPTP*, and will produce a parliament slightly more representative of people's preferences - and that's what democracy is surely meant to be about, rather than engineering things to get the outcomes we personally happen to like. Also that it's the first step to having the choice of something less blunt again, whereas a No vote will shut the door on that for generations to come.
The fact that all the right-wing red tops have come out against it should also give quite a good clue as to which way Jesus would vote.
* I admit I don't really understand this phrase - since there isn't any "post" that gets passed (for example, like have a majority of votes). It should really be called the "More votes than anyone else" system, or MVTAE.
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Surely because, while imperfect, it's a slightly less blunt instrument that FPTP*, and will produce a parliament slightly more representative of people's preferences - and that's what democracy is surely meant to be about, rather than engineering things to get the outcomes we personally happen to like. Also that it's the first step to having the choice of something less blunt again, whereas a No vote will shut the door on that for generations to come.
The fact that all the right-wing red tops have come out against it should also give quite a good clue as to which way Jesus would vote.
* I admit I don't really understand this phrase - since there isn't any "post" that gets passed (for example, like have a majority of votes). It should really be called the "More votes than anyone else" system, or MVTAE.