It is a widely, though clearly not universally, held belief that the outcome of elections should reflect the wishes of the voters.

First past the post is spectacularly bad at this, delivering absolute power to parties with the support of a minority of the electorate, and reducing the number of people whose votes actually count to remarkably small levels.

I don't think I (or anyone else) is saying that the present scenario is 'good'. On the other hand, had we had the badly flawed voting system it used for General Elections, we would have been spared the excesses of both Thatcher and Blair, both of whom used their artificial majorities to push through things opposed by other parties.