It's quite common amongst all wings of the Labour Party to oppose PR because they would never get a majority, because Labour have never won a majority of the vote*. This is not the majority view of the membership. Of course, this argument depends on the type of PR you have (some are more proportional than others), and that people would vote the same way under both systems. So while the Tories would be mostly kept out of power, Labour would be dependent on Lib Dems, SNP and Greens. I am not sure how this is an argument against, as the supporters of PR say this is what they want - a parliament/government that is more representative of the people.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 5:57 pmObvious to pretty much everyone except the party leader, apparently.
Some also reckon that it would split the party, thus making it weaker. But that would be just as likely to happen to the Tories, although they are better at pretending to be a unified party.
I think Starmer is going to go for Lords reform, rather than commons though, which also needs doing. I reckon he thinks that Lords and Commons reform in one manifesto would be too much all at once. Not sure how much of Gordon Brown's ideas will be kept, but those are floating about now they've been leaked.
*The last time the Tories managed this was in 1935.