Opinion of "first past the post"

[DC Al Fine]

Archaic and distortionary.  Just about the worst voting system out there.

I would consider the French & Australian systems worse. The former because it creates minor parties dependent on major party patronage and the latter because it turns the major parties into compulsive centrists.

[DC Al Fine]

I don't like it, but it makes for far more interesting elections. PR is fair but relatively boring. Just about every country except the USA would have more interesting elections under FPTP.