Cleese on PR (full length)

Yeah - "Turkeys voting for Christmas" - we have the same problems here.

After the expenses scandal, we've got MPs clambering for the casting vote on their pay and conditions.

any form of porportional representation would be better then the current system in canada usa and brtiain (i think britain hasn't changed but could be wrong)

Northern Ireland uses PR just like the Irish Republic .

Why in this video does Ireland not exist?

It does . It was the first country mentioned by Cleese in his listing i.e Eire! which is the official title for the Irish Republic which you see on stamps but which nobody uses in daily speech - Cleese being the exception of course . He probably thought he was being 'politically ' correct . It's a very good summary of why PR would be better for the UK than the present system and I agree . De Valera tried to get rid of PR in the 1960's but the people voted to retain it in a referendum .

ah k, it's also confusing because all the other countries stay lit up - but Ireland doesn't!

Before you reach for the paranoid button perhaps it was an electrical malfunction?
There are still a few right wing Tories and former imperial jingoists who still do not like the idea of an independent Ireland but I would'nt include John Cleese or the SDP /Liberal Democrats among them .
Anyway the message is about PR in the UK . We in Ireland have it so it's not an issue for us . I think the UK's politics would benefit from a shake up.

Actually each state can decide individually. It main use would be in electing the senate or electoral college. State legislators can and should adopt it for its own representative model first.

In order for PR to be effective each electorate MUST return the same number of representatives. (Preferably 5, 7 or 9). The method of voting should be preferential (Single Transferable Voting) with the Meek method of counting. One transaction per candidate (Surplus or exclusion) without segmentation.

Hybrid systems such as MMP do not work. They create distortions in the equality of mandate, A super set or sub set of representatives. With each electorate returning the same number of representatives ensures that each electorate has equal value and equal representation. Preferential Proportional voting excludes the need for a voting threshold and provides for up to 97.5% the right to be represented by someone of their choosing.