Proportional representation

Andy Burnham wants PR – but he’s about to became PM because we don’t have it

Andy Burnham is said to support proportional representation. He’s also about to become prime minister thanks to one of first-past-the-post’s most undemocratic loopholes. ALAN STORY and KLAVS HENRIKSEN – writing from inside Denmark's PR system – explain how 25,000 voters got to decide for 69 million and why it doesn't have to be this way.