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andrewduckerThe 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?
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Date: 2011-05-03 11:36 am (UTC)It makes it sound like the BBC objectively endorse the truth of both columns, so "On one hand, AV is unfair; but on the other hand, it does make MPs work harder. So if you care about fairness, vote no, but if you care about MPs working hard, even at the expense of fairness, vote yes." Not only misleading, but makes the yes supporters look really small-minded.