Arguments for voting yes - without illusions! And encouraging kindred spirits to do the same!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/28/av-first-past-the-post
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Showing posts with label AV Vote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AV Vote. Show all posts
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Referendum question
“Can you vote ‘Yes’ for AV and put ‘No’ as your second preference?” http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/comment/ken-smiths-diary/on-to-a-winner-1.1097914
Thursday, 31 March 2011
AV - the case against
Rather patronising the ‘Liberals’ within Compass wrote a report just before the last election claiming that unless Labour supported a move to some form of voting reform it would be dead in the water.
Monday, 14 March 2011
Response: Alternative Vote Referendum
I am sure UNISON will think long and hard before deciding whether or not to recommend to its members a position on the Alternative Vote Referendum. All of the technical reasons for and against have been laid out so I would not take up members time repeating them.
Saturday, 12 March 2011
AV vote campaign bypassing UNISON?
Alan Johnson MP, former General Secretary of CWU and until recently a senior member of the Labour Shadow Cabinet, has criticised the ‘depressing conservatism’ of trade unions on electoral reform:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12706074
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12706074
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