I agree in principle but I still think you’re being over-optimistic and glossing over details.
The bar is (sadly) very low for people to say “this voting system is too complicated, nobody will understand it!”
You say “Condorcet” as if that’s a complete solution, but there could be a preference cycle with no way to break it. You’d need to pick a specific method, like STV, and every method has flaws.
This is a very intense situation, where many people feel like they’re under intense pressure, with very short deadlines. On top of that, it’s being done in public, and everybody is juggling multiple concerns (doing the right thing in the short term versus long term, helping the country, helping their party... Being seen to help their country and/or party, protecting their own careers, etc etc)
Overall I think it’d be very difficult and risky for Parliament to adopt even a slightly novel voting system at the last minute, even to resolve a major crisis.
The bar is (sadly) very low for people to say “this voting system is too complicated, nobody will understand it!”
You say “Condorcet” as if that’s a complete solution, but there could be a preference cycle with no way to break it. You’d need to pick a specific method, like STV, and every method has flaws.
This is a very intense situation, where many people feel like they’re under intense pressure, with very short deadlines. On top of that, it’s being done in public, and everybody is juggling multiple concerns (doing the right thing in the short term versus long term, helping the country, helping their party... Being seen to help their country and/or party, protecting their own careers, etc etc)
Overall I think it’d be very difficult and risky for Parliament to adopt even a slightly novel voting system at the last minute, even to resolve a major crisis.