Comments on: The case for AV

By: Ben Cadwallader

Ben Cadwallader — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:14:34 +0000

RT @PJfacey: http://bit.ly/b9yH3l really good article by Will Straw on AV. #fairervotes #yes2av #takeitback

By: peter facey

peter facey — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:07:56 +0000

http://bit.ly/b9yH3l really good article by Will Straw on AV. #fairervotes #yes2av #takeitback

By: dave thawley

dave thawley — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:08:04 +0000

I think the article is great. There are quite a few people that I know who still think the referendum has something to do with boundary changes when in fact it does not. Its just the route to get the referendum agreed has been lumped with the boundary changes. There is more in it for us (the majority of the population) who are centre-left of centre than those who are right of centre. Even forgetting this though, AV is just a better way of doing things. Its not PR (which I would prefer) but it is fairer than FPTP. Its great to see Ed continuing his pre-election stance on pushing this for us. Thank you Ed.

By: Mr. Sensible

Mr. Sensible — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:35:05 +0000

I of course meant must, not most.

Typos!

By: Billy Blofeld

Billy Blofeld — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:25:36 +0000

I enjoyed the voting system that Labour used to pick Dannii rather than Kylie Minogue this week.

We could achieve the same effect if we rolled it out across the whole nation…….

By: Mr. Sensible

Mr. Sensible — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:04:24 +0000

Will, am unsure on changing the voting system; AV is better than something like STV since it retains the link between MPs and constituencies.

But we most oppose the Con Dems’ gerrymandering of constituencies.

But I certainly am not in favour of an elected lords.

I don’t really see how such can be independent when parties are increasingly involved.

By: Nick Sutton

Nick Sutton — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:43:37 +0000

RT @leftfootfwd: The case for AV http://bit.ly/a099qq >> Hope Lab get behind the Yes campaign.

By: Andy White

Andy White — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:31:54 +0000

Great article.

@Eddy The current legislation is somewhat flawed – I’d like to see constituency equalisation based on census data rather than the electoral register. This would remove the anti-Labour bias.

However, it’s important for Labour supporters to recognise that this referendum will NOT affect the boundaries legislation – that is happening regardless of the result. Labour supporters should still vote ‘Yes’ to AV, even if we’re unhappy with “reduce and equalise”.

By: Eddy Anderson

Eddy Anderson — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:44:18 +0000

Nice post. My one fear with the AV referendum though is that it’s obscuring some pretty messed-up boundary changes–something Ed Balls has brought up a lot. Anyone know if the current legislation is likely to change on this issue?