Why are British left-wingers so enthusiastic about proportional representation?

[Joe Republic]

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make by citing that election, given that EU elections are inherently... 'different' from normal British elections.  UKIP and BNP invariably do much better in those than they would in Westminster elections under some type of PR.

A large chunk of the Labour Party - if not a majority of it - are in favor of FPTP, while nearly all minor parties are in favor of PR.  It shouldn't take a genius to understand why.

[Joe Republic]

They aren't. You're confusing 'left-wing' with 'middle class liberal' and there's a fairly large difference.

Just going from the first few pages of the AV thread:

LOL no. It's not PR and the Liberals shouldn't be rewarded for their poor governmental skills.

No. It's not my preferred alternative to FPTP (which is actually the Scottish system) and I really, really don't like a system that would risk the Lib Dems holding the balance of power on a permanent basis.

I was going to vote no*, but I think I'll take a leaf out of some of the posters in this thread and just spoil my ballot with a statement making clear I wanted PR on there.

etc.

Again, are you implying that the Lib Dems are left-wing?