The alternative proposed by Van Belkom would allow voters choose different parties for a range of different topics, such as education, healthcare and defence. This is explained by a simple animation, which imagines each topic as a colourful block.

The designer is confident that his system could eventually be adopted, but expects it to take another 20 years at least. The biggest obstacle, he claims, is that people don‘t like change – so even if a new system is significantly better, it will still be a hard sell.

„It‘s more of a cultural change,“ he said.