The above image is all us folk in the UK see when you do, and if we try to use a VPN + incognito, we get this:
403 means forbidden, so the message is disingenuous.
They must have put some effort into block lists for VPN servers. Even if it works for some of us, it’s not worth it.
For more information on this, see this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo
That would definitely increase both voting and representation for the Greens, yes.
Tactical voting is a big thing in the UK to mitigate some of the imbalance of the FPTP system, along with informal electoral pacts between parties.
Our proportional system isn’t bad, but I think Australias ranked choice voting is the best. In my country it’s still possible to waste a vote because the party didn’t get a single seat. In Australia this never happens. They also make it mandatory to vote, which I want for my country too.
I paid all the more attention last vote (Australia).
I’m not thrilled with Labour right now, but it kept Dutton and the regressives out, and kept Palmer’s wannabe Trumpism in the dirt.
Our Greens lost a senate seat, which most put down to Gaza support offending the idiotic Jewish segment that think its antisemetic. Then again, I had to wait in line behind asshats going off on transphobic rambles, so the idiocy is everywhere to be fair.
Can’t wait for a new government ad from the juice media. So funny! I learned more about 'Straya from their political satire than anywhere else
Australia probably has the best system in place for any country, but if you want an even better version of what they have, might I suggest STAR voting or Ranked Robin voting? Alternatively there is also Score voting which is similar, but based on scoring each individual candidate.
All of these three avoid some of the pitfalls that are still in Ranked Choice voting, although all of these are much better than First Past the Post.