Letter: Unfair voting system worse than ever

Sir: As a wholehearted supporter of proportional representation, I am heartened to see that the election of a Tory leader is not left to the vagaries of the first-past-the-post system. Not for them a leader representing only a minority of the electors.

How nice it would be if they could see their way to extending this privilege to the whole of the United Kingdom (including the many now disenfranchised voters of their own party), by abandoning at last their support for the present outdated system, and ensuring that the present parliament is the last in which we are governed by a party elected by a minority.

JOY KNOWLES

Leader Liberal Democrat Group, Boston Borough Council

Boston, Lincolnshire