In 1974 another election was called because it was impossible to form a stable government. The Liberals had so few seats that neither a Liberal-Labour nor a Liberal-Conservative coalition had a working majority, whilst the Ulster Unionists and Nationalists refused to support either. I wasn't born in 1974, but I have not read any suggestion that public dissatisfaction with the discrepancy between votes and seats that brought about the second election in that year. Rather that it was the inability of any combination of the parties to form a stable government in the Commons.
Because people in the UK have accepted the FPtP system for centuries. It's easy to understand, and each area elects an individual, which again is easy to understand. And since neither of the big two parties want to change the system, it's never seriously raised as a political issue.
There are lots of systems that are easy to understand and clearly very silly.
"Let's all do what Bob says" is about as simple as you can get, but even sillier than FPTP. Mind you, a lot of people would defend that too, I suspect, especially if Bob had a flashy crown.
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I don't know how much of a fuss there was in 1951, but I expect there to be a much bigger one this time around.
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"Let's all do what Bob says" is about as simple as you can get, but even sillier than FPTP. Mind you, a lot of people would defend that too, I suspect, especially if Bob had a flashy crown.
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