Originally Posted by
Stuart M
Only, it doesn't. One of the many millions of problems with first past the post voting, is that it creates large "broad church" political parties. In such parties, the extremists can happily lurk, and get closer to the levers of power than they ever should. For example, the Militant Tendency in the Labour Party in the 80s, the extremist Eurosceptics during John Major's PM'ship, or the current US Vice President.
Having these types actually visible in a Parliament allows them to be exposed, and when that happens they usually run into trouble quite quickly. For example, the Scottish Socialists in the current Scottish parliament, who've basically spent the past 5 years in-fighting.
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