The UK's political system is open to being 'hacked' because there is 'too much power in too few hands', Andy Burnham has told LBC
"It sails close to the wind."
"But I think you can hack our political system because of the concentration of too much power in too short, small a space, in too few hands. He said the vulnerability of the system was one of the reasons he was in favour of proportional representation - an alternative to First Past The Post , which Labour members voted in favour of tonight.
"A senate of the nations and regions to replace the Lords, and more devolution of power out of Parliament into the country - a plan to rewire Britain, redistribute power across Britain, make it flow differently.Under FPTP, voters choose from a list of candidates in their local constituency, and whoever gets the most votes is elected as their representative.
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