There is a lot of debate about how often MPs should vote differently from their party leader in Parliament. There are many free votes, where party leaders officially give permission for MPs to vote the way they think is right, and some MPs sometimes do it even without permission. But most of what MPs do is things other than voting.…
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Ranked ballots for more conciliatory politics
In the current voting system, and in fact in most voting systems, negative politics and attack ads are effective strategies. You can be as nasty and divisive as you like and attack your opponents. You don’t need to care about alienating the people who support your opponents: as long as your core supporters vote for you and there are more…