John Cleese: we need Proportional Representation to #MakeVotesMatter

Video by Fred Tschepp.

[wildsurfer]

Who else has come back to watch this after Reform UK got 17% of the vote and yet only 5 seats in the 2024 general election?

[ALBUMOF]

God I wish we had proportional representation

[xdevantx]

As an American I really hope we can all get our shit together.

[-.sy.]

I want to have proportional voting system in Hungary too. It should be a global movement.

[artofverity]

If only the mainstream TV channels would show this.

[UnmitigatedRandomness]

I'm Canadian and you have no idea how disappointed I was when our current government broke their campaign promise to end FPTP elections in Canada :/
We keep trying but the political parties that benefit the most from FPTP are the ones making the laws so I'm not sure how hopeful I am.

[ric]

Made 5 years ago and very, very true!

[thedrumdoctor]

The Electoral Reform Society are also worth joining as they've been doing this for years. The more awareness the better.

[roberttheaker]

You could say it's a corrupt system

[janettedorrell]

We won't get PR while we still have Tory or Labour running the country, it's not in their interests to change things. We had a chance for PR in 2011 but the Tories watered down the vote to the useless AV one, knowing it wouldn't get through. We need PR!

[Agnethatheredhairkid]

Proportional Representation makes the most sense.

[chris]

Great to hear John's voice behind this - can remember the original! Would be great to achieve PR while he's still around. #MVM

[moviemaestro]

Here in Canada, we've had several unsuccessful attempts to implement PR on a provincial level, and many of us are disappointed that our current Prime Minister broke his promise to implement it on the national level after being elected in 2015. My home province alone has had 3 unsuccessful attempts to replace electing our provincial parliament with some form of PR to replace FPTP. The latest one (as of posting this) was a mail-in referendum last year, making it as easy as possible for the demographics less likely to want change to participate. As such, more than 60% of the votes counted were in favour of maintaining our current system. I can certainly tell you that few frequent voters my hometown wanted to keep the status quo, and the results did show that. But, we found out the hard way that there were too many more willing to participate, who didn't want the change to happen. Really disappointing.

[lesnettleton]

A good explanation of the need to get a direct connection between voters and representation

[LegendaryWaffleLord]

One good thing about this video is that it speaks to everybody, using examples from the left and right of politics. And it's true. No matter what side you're on, PR will more accurately reflect your votes.

[WilfForrow]

It's MADNESS that we have to guess at the best tactical vote, by voting for our 2nd or 3rd choice, just to stop our 5th choice getting in. And we often guess wrong and get the exact opposite of what we intended. With trust in politicians at an all time low, it's time to restore some faith in democracy by Making Every Vote Matter, with PR.

[thomasboyd]

Like and support awesome British actor John Cleese support P.R. voting system to elect the 650 British MP's in the 2019 British general election.

[Ch-xktv]

Here in Austria (a land with proportional representation), I am glad that we don't use FPTP for electing our representatives. I live in a region where the conservative People's Party of Austria won every election since WW2 and thus, I'd waste my vote if I don't vote the People's Party, because candidates of other parties wouldn't have any chance. That would make me very pissed off because I am center-left.

[bettytigers]

A petition to her Majesty the Queen signed by the majority of the British electorate would send a strong message that we would prefer a fairer voting system.

[thirdworldmagebuthot]

Great video. Why do people in this country put up with this unfair system in the UK? Join the Electoral Reform Society or write to your MP and find out who agrees with you. Either way, try to get rid of this undemocratic present system.