[esskay]

For a new political party to succeed in the uk you need millions in funding, and nobodys going to fund something that potentially affects their vast sums of money.

"Just start a new party and tell people about it" is perhaps the most misleading and flawed idea you could present unfortunately. There have been new parties, there are new parties at every general election, you never hear about them for good reason.

[khalic]

Ok I don’t know enough about this political system to contribute on that, there are some political systems built like that, like the US.

[desas]

The same thing applies in the US doesn't it? There has essentially only been two political parties (three if you squint hard enough) for nearly the entire existence of the country?

[amanaplanacanal]

The US problem is the lack of proportional representation. Getting support of 49% of the population gets you 0% role in government.

[Jensson]

UK also has that problem, but its even worse with a minority supported government getting majority power.

[khalic]

Yeah that’s why I was making the parallel

[desas]

Oh thanks for clearing that up, I misunderstood on my previous read.