tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post4718621372058160918..comments2023-12-23T20:09:27.185+00:00Comments on The Curmudgeon: Daveybloke Does DemocracyPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-87724915196559984232011-04-02T05:57:05.490+01:002011-04-02T05:57:05.490+01:00Here's a list on Wikipedia. Lots of ex-colonie...Here's a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_voting_system#Where_plurality_voting_is_used" rel="nofollow">list</a> on Wikipedia. Lots of ex-colonies and, reassuringly enough, Iran. First past the post was apparently too British for Iraq, though.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-46250749519979552962011-04-02T05:44:40.575+01:002011-04-02T05:44:40.575+01:00Which half? Are there in fact many liberal democra...Which half? Are there in fact many liberal democracies that use first past the post like Britain? I can't think of any off the top of my head. On the other hand I'd agree with the contention that AV is mildly insane - we use it in the local elections here and it gives every indication of having been designed by Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi, the masterminds behind Games Without Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.com