Fourth Past The Post? No, Thanks!

Not only has the scandal of the spoiled papers in Scotland exposed the impracticality of changing the electoral system, but, both in Scotland and in Wales, the party that came fourth is now the kingmaker. Indeed, on Newsnight from Edinburgh, no representative of the party that came third in Scotland (and Wales) was interviewed at all! This is not remotely either proportional or representative. In fact, it is the opposite of either.