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Originally Posted by Jacks
As for May in the debates I agree that she shouldn't be there. I'd like to see the requirements for official party status reduced to 4 seats then restrict the debates to parties that have had official party status in at least one of the last two parliaments. If you can't get 4 seats out of 338 then you have pretty much no chance of forming even a minority government. Having 5 parties participate just waters down the debate between the serious contenders.
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The 'at least one of two of the last governments' is a clever rule, it gets around the problem that every now and then, one major party may have their support collapse beyond the official party status.