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[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Yes. One of the only benefits of FPTP is that for most of its history it has stopped tiny, insane, extreme, populist parties getting a foothold, and instead encouraged relative stability. For all the issues we have, the UK has been a phenomenally stable democracy over the years.

That is no longer a protection against Reform, as they've broken past the "not being popular enough to gain any traction under FPTP barrier".

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