'First Past the Post is no longer a suitable voting system for UK General Elections', Discuss

For:FPTP results in many 'wasted votes' especially in safe seats that tend to elect MP's from a particular party each election, e.g. South East (Con), North East (Lab)The prevalence of 'safe seats' results in many voters becoming apathetic with politics and as such do not bother voting, reducing democratic participation. FPTP produces a two party system of government, that excludes third parties from gaining seats despite large shares in the popular vote, e.g. UKIP 2015, SDP 1980's, LibDems 2010.Creates large regional imbalances where geographically concentrated voter groups can gain seats, despite a more broader array of votes than would initially appear, e.g. SNP 2015 gained 30/31 Scottish seats despite just over 50% of the total votes cast in Scotland.
Against:FTPT tends to produces single party majority governments, that can effectively govern and pass laws to ensure government is responsive and agile to respond to any emergencies or crises without the need for power sharing and agreements with other parties.FTPT produces strong MP-constituency links that allow for constituents to have a knowable representative drawn from amongst them.FTPT is the most simple voting system for people to understand, and as such people are unlikely to be deterred from voting on grounds of confusion as opposed to STV or AV for example.Extremist parties that could damage democracy will struggle to gain seats given the unlikelihood of heavily concentrated extreme views in geographic areas, e.g. BNP, EDL.