Voting for change?

Can we please vote for electoral reform?

What is so bad about a hung parliament?

"A hung parliament?  Oh!  That would be disastrous!  The government wouldn't be able to get anything through."

What do you mean?

"They wouldn't have enough seats to out vote the opposition."

The opposition?  You mean other members of parliament who disagree with them on an issue.

"Yes. Obviously."

...But those members were also democratically elected to represent their slices of the population. If they strongly disagree with something the government wants to do, shouldn't they be able to stop it?

"That would cripple the nation!  You need the government to have power, otherwise nothing gets done."

So, what you're saying is, the government would only be able to make changes with the approval of another party.  In order to achieve anything the parties would have to work together, to cooperate, thus representing a greater proportion of the electorate.  And that's a bad thing.

"Yes.  It would slow everything down."

Don't you believe that debate and compromise are important, that everyone's views should be considered?

"You're never going to get everyone to agree."

You think we're better off if all the decisions are taken by the largest minority, even if the majority disagree with the outcome.

"It's the only way to make things work."