Should first-past-the-post be scrapped?

System ‘abets extreme politics’ and negates need for main parties to appeal to middle ground, think tank argues

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Far from delivering stable governments that occupy the centre-ground, Britain’s electoral system can no longer be relied upon to keep out extreme elements, a thinktank has claimed.

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