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Dave

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Re: Yes or No?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 10:21:56 AM »
Like you Andy, I'm a bit dazed and confused by this issue, although at the moment inclined to vote yes.  

One thing I'm sure about though: there may be several good reasons for voting no, but this.......
Do I vote no – the primary reason to punish Clegg and try and put the coalition into a spin.

.....isn't one of 'em!    

A referendum is only called on really major long-term issues, such as changing the voting system.  Nick Clegg is just a current politician - here today, gone tomorrow.  You don't base strategic decisions on short-term issues.  

andy+kirsty

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Yes or No?
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2011, 06:23:14 PM »
I thought I was decided on this one; firmly in the yes camp. However since Clegg seems to have sold so many of his promises for a ministerial car I may have changed my mind!

Granted AV is a pretty poor voting system, not really any fairer that the current FPTP set up, but at least it is a step in the right [or left] direction. I think looking at the voting results for our constituency there wouldn’t have been any difference (no scientific calculations carried out, just looked at majority)

So now I'm really confused.

Do I vote no – the primary reason to punish Clegg and try and put the coalition into a spin.

Or Yes – and get a slight change to the voting system which won’t really achieve anything and is a ‘miserable compromise’

Let’s be clear, if it was PR or even AV+ it would be a definite yes. Hell, even if the Liberals hadn’t have formed a coalition I may have voted yes because I would have assumed they were a centre left party and having them in a place or responsibility could / would have been a good thing.

So which is it?

Andy

http://www.yestofairervotes.org/content/
http://www.no2av.org/
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