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This election has shown how first past the post poisons British politics

Despite Euro elections using proportional representation, debate has been dominated by questionable ideas about tactical voting imported from Britain's broken electoral system.

This election has shown how first past the post poisons British politics
Polling station, Edinburgh | Adam Ramsay, cc2.0
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As I entered my Edinburgh polling station today, I walked past a forest of A boards from the different parties. The Conservative’s consisted entirely of a lie.

It said, “Only by voting for Ruth Davidson’s team can you stop the SNP winning a majority of seats”.

Scotland has six seats, and six parties in contention for them. If your main aim is to stop the SNP getting a majority, then a vote for any of the others would be an equally good way of achieving this aim.