How the Tories benefited on Friday from PR
Not in England, you understand.
But if you take a close look at Friday’s results from elections in Wales and Scotland you can see that the Conservative party profited to a great extent from PR-type systems.
In Holyrood, The Tories picked up just 3 constituency seats – but 12 of the regional ones.
In Cardiff Bay, the Tories got 6 constituencies and no fewer than 8 regional seats. Read more
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