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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: The one problem I have with MMP
Description: I’ve always been a fan of MMP. And I still am, but there’s one thing about it that I do struggle with – the list MPs. I know it took some of us a while to totally understand why we have list MPs. I understand – but I don’t necessarily like it. Which is why I thought retiring Labour MP David Parker raised some good points about MMP in his valedictory speech in Parliament. He reckons we should replace it with something else. His preference is the single transferable vote system, and he thinks we...