If you vote for a third party fruitlessly you have wasted your chance to vote for your second choice party, and as a result your last choice party may get in.
After reading the first document it seems the main problem found in AV is that without constituency changes the Conservatives will find themselves much more poorly represented. I'm not sure if this is a valid argument against AV in the referendum as the Parliamentary Reform Bill "also includes the other coalition measures of reducing and resizing the Westminster parliamentary constituencies".
It allows an alliance of parties with votes summing up to a majority of votes to reach a compromise to pass laws that are supported by every member of that alliance. You make it sound as if a coalition government will pass every unpopular law that any single member of the coalition wants.
The vast majority of britons looked at what the lib dems offered, said 'he looks nice but no thanks
The majority of the electorate did not vote for any one party, and so this is true of every party. 77% of the electorate did not vote for the Conservatives, 82% did not vote for Labour, 86% did not vote for the Liberal Democrats. 35% of people said no thanks to every single party.
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Oh yes my boy, tip of the cutlass, tip of the cutlass.
If they make a motorbike that transforms into a helicopter then my life will be complete.
This just further begs the question: when was the last time anyone used the word "beg" to mean dodge or avoid?
Signficance nitpick: it doesn't matter.
Elastic tabstops (http://nickgravgaard.com/elastictabstops/) are the future.
I don't know about you, but I've never seeded to a ratio of "just 10,000".
Would it work to travel there during a lunar eclipse?
Yes, which is why I'm voting yes in the AV referendum in the UK :)
If you vote for a third party fruitlessly you have wasted your chance to vote for your second choice party, and as a result your last choice party may get in.
After reading the first document it seems the main problem found in AV is that without constituency changes the Conservatives will find themselves much more poorly represented. I'm not sure if this is a valid argument against AV in the referendum as the Parliamentary Reform Bill "also includes the other coalition measures of reducing and resizing the Westminster parliamentary constituencies".
Why don't you link the original document instead of posting an article where someone spouts some unsupported rhetoric?
Wow, you should become an author, I can see communicating your thoughts by conversation just doesn't work for you.
Am I overlooking something is the only argument against AV in that article a complaint that people are stupid enough to for Labour?
"which will inevitably be voted against in any referendum, ensuring the status quo."
Why are you so sure of that?
Why didn't you tell, me Hol'?
I wish you luck in effecting this change in people's understanding.
Don't lie, you fucking love it.
Ethics is all about the motives!
It shouldn't be the right of the owner.
Even here, in the UK, it's against the law to gain unauthorized access to a computer system.
Welcome to the parliamentary system, you vote for an MP/party, not a president.
It allows an alliance of parties with votes summing up to a majority of votes to reach a compromise to pass laws that are supported by every member of that alliance. You make it sound as if a coalition government will pass every unpopular law that any single member of the coalition wants.
As far as accountability goes, all three major parties have pledged to give the ability to sack your MP and have him replaced.
The vast majority of britons looked at what the lib dems offered, said 'he looks nice but no thanks
The majority of the electorate did not vote for any one party, and so this is true of every party. 77% of the electorate did not vote for the Conservatives, 82% did not vote for Labour, 86% did not vote for the Liberal Democrats. 35% of people said no thanks to every single party.
FYI the people who write zombie movies aren't scientists either.