The USA also has “first past the post” and no such “anomalies” happen(ed) until fraud occurred.
Why defend Labour’s pyrrhic pseudovictory at all?
I’m not defending anything, and have made no comment about Labour. Neither Reform itself or any of the other parties or individuals who might feel hard done by as a result of the voting system are making any claims of fraud. Do you imagine someone like Farage would be silent about this if there were even the flimsiest grounds for suspicion? There are none.
The only complaints which are being raised are to do with the new requirement for photo ID at polling stations, and the actual or potential disenfranchisement of not insignificant numbers as a result. Some estimates are putting the numbers turned away as high as 400,000. It’s highly unlikely that those most affected by this were potential Reform voters...