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Peter Hitchens

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Well, thank heaven for that, .@ThreeJacques. Rousseau's ideas were terrible. The virtue of FPTP is that it *can* (it doens't always) lead to strong decisive government, But it also enables the population to dismiss that government. PR does not allow that. . — PolitiTweet.org

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@polytixs @ClarkeMicah @Regardermonamis There is no such thing as a "fair" voting system. All of them are gamed in… https://t.co/WOivNXCq7Z

Posted Dec. 29, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

J.S. Mill made trhe same point . But again .@ralf00652823 I must point out that a perfectly good word already exists for those who do not accept the conventional view - dissenters. 'Contrarian' is an insult deployed by the majority against the minority. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CoatedRusset @ClarkeMicah @NewsCuckoo Being contrarian is virtuous. If a discussion becomes too aligned, it means… https://t.co/GlkRbNSPNQ

Posted Dec. 29, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

A defenc eof 'First Past the Post'. Any conservative who supports PR ( as so many nowadays foolishly do) is signing his movement's own death warrant. //hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2015/05/on-legitimacy-and-saving-fptp.html — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 29, 2022