Letters to the Editor

Tomás M Creamer’s mild denigration of the single-seat constituency is too academic and unrealistic. Here are other factors to consider. In our current multi-seat constituencies the sum of mainstream party candidates per seat is falling and is now less than two candidates per seat. The voter’s effective choice is even less than Tweedledum v Tweedledee, for no matter how unappealing they seem, half or more of them will be elected, whereas in single-seat ...