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How did you vote in the electoral reform referendum in 2011? No, because you wanted to keep first past the post? No, because you wanted change but AV wasn't good enough? Yes because although you wanted something better, AV was better than nothing?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinerowett/status/1610270494120452097
71% in both cases opting for the lesser of two evils while aware of the failings of the one they had to choose. The world is never going to be perfect, but it could be a whole lot better if the cards weren't always stacked to give a choice between the least attractive options.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinerowett/status/1610636365678678016
How did you vote in the Brexit referendum? To leave because it would restore sovereignty and get rid of foreigners? To leave because the EU is a neoliberal capitalist organisation? To stay because the EU is perfect? To stay because the EU is not perfect but better than nothing?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinerowett/status/1610273479508516865