Voting on the merits of an individual candidate is a waste of time within a FPtP system because if they are not a member of a leading party there is no chance for them to be elected. FPtP makes being part of a popular party more important to the candidate's chances of election than does being a good politician. FPtP means bad politicians will still get elected if they are from the popular party.
FPtP discourages good politicians from entering politics because they can be beaten simply for being in the wrong party. They cannot beat the main party machine.
FPtP consolidates the power of the main parties and makes it difficult for talented individual politicians to prosper. Choosing a good (individual) candidate becomes redundant. FPtP forces us to choose party over individual candidate.
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