The Conservatives won around 10 million votes while the Liberal Democrats and Labour together won around 15 million votes, around 5 million more than the Conservatives. And yet the Conservatives get 306 seats while Liberal Democrats and Labour together get only 315 seats. Just 9 more seats than the Conservatives. Why do we pretend this is representative democracy?
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