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Two days to go!
May. 3rd, 2011 08:40 am
Via someone on Twitter. Damned if I can remember who.
May. 3rd, 2011
Via someone on Twitter. Damned if I can remember who.
The BBC now has a "Best arguments for voting Yes or No" on AV page up.
And while I'm annoyed that the No campaign are still arguing that AV means
that some votes are counted more than others (clearly untrue - every round
counts all votes for people whose preferences are still in the running), I
am _furious_ at the awful arguments put forward by the Yes campaign.
The bit which seems to actually grab people (an end to the split vote
problem, where you can have 70% of people voting for an X-wing party, and a
Y-wing party gets the seat) is relegated to an aside in point 4, which 90%
of people will never see.
I am incredibly frustrated by their continued incompetence at getting their
message across.
Am I wrong? Do people really think that AV will make MPs work harder? Does
anyone really care about that? Is there any reason whatsoever for that to
be the top point?
And while I'm annoyed that the No campaign are still arguing that AV means
that some votes are counted more than others (clearly untrue - every round
counts all votes for people whose preferences are still in the running), I
am _furious_ at the awful arguments put forward by the Yes campaign.
The bit which seems to actually grab people (an end to the split vote
problem, where you can have 70% of people voting for an X-wing party, and a
Y-wing party gets the seat) is relegated to an aside in point 4, which 90%
of people will never see.
I am incredibly frustrated by their continued incompetence at getting their
message across.
Am I wrong? Do people really think that AV will make MPs work harder? Does
anyone really care about that? Is there any reason whatsoever for that to
be the top point?
The Scottish question
May. 3rd, 2011 12:51 pmWhere in Edinburgh sells Teriyaki sauce? Failing that, somewhere central
in Glasgow?
(And yes, I know that we could make it ourselves.)
in Glasgow?
(And yes, I know that we could make it ourselves.)
Much better
May. 3rd, 2011 10:20 pmFinally, some official pro-AV campaign material I can stand behind:
(It's not perfect, but it's something I feel I could show to people and have them understand part of the reason I'm in favour of it. Shame it took until two days before the vote.)
(It's not perfect, but it's something I feel I could show to people and have them understand part of the reason I'm in favour of it. Shame it took until two days before the vote.)