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Comment on Labour’s economic illiteracy exposed by rzpmauyt

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Comment on Labour’s economic illiteracy exposed by pxaytpo

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Comment on Labour’s economic illiteracy exposed by Boston

Boston — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:46:25 +0000

A rlealy good answer, full of rationality!

Comment on Doctors say NHS reforms “will benefit most vulnerable” by Alan Darley

Alan Darley — Sat, 14 May 2011 10:35:08 +0000

In what sense are these doctors ‘representing’ 7 million patients. Do they mean 7 million people agree with them? I don’t think so. These are rogue doctors wanting to cash in on the government’s plans and be outside of democratic accountability.

Comment on Huppert called on to apologise over AV untruth by Anne Archist

Anne Archist — Thu, 05 May 2011 01:08:25 +0000

Misleading, perhaps, but not an “untruth”. It’s all a matter of definition. AV requires more candidates to achieve than 50% of valid votes at that stage in the contest in order to win, not more than 50% of valid votes cast at the first round of the contest. Since under AV ballots that don’t list preferences in later stages are essentially counted as “spoilt”, they don’t count as valid votes and therefore don’t count for calculating the percentage of votes attracted by each candidate. You’re right to point out the exact meaning of Huppert’s claim, but I think it’s bad faith and hyperbole to call it an untruth or to ask for an apology.

Comment on Huppert called on to apologise over AV untruth by Jock

Jock — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:55:47 +0000

What a a bad tempered campaign by both the No and the Yes sides.
Our politicians have insulted the intelligence of citizens and voters. They have done the impossible; they have even further reduced our trust in politics and in our political system.

Narrowly, I favour AV; see my blog. There should have been a serious debate.

Instead, David Cameron has lowered himself and his party. He has allowed the Conservatives to be identified with a disgraceful No campaign and to be seen again as the “nasty” and the “stupid” party.

The coalition and the programme to 2015 has been damaged. Prime Minister Miliband and Chancellor Balls have become immediate and threatening possibilities.

Comment on We say NO to AV! by Edward Turnham

Edward Turnham — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:12:14 +0000

Australia elects members of its House of Representatives, the equivalent of our House of Commons, by a version of AV. The upper house, the Senate, is elected by a porm of proportional representation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_electoral_system

Comment on We say NO to AV! by Robert Ripley

Robert Ripley — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:37:06 +0000

I’m not sure what AV is but in Australia the voting system is Proportional Representation whereby parties ask their members to give their preference for another party in the event their own candidate does not make the cut. Your comment that most people in Australia want to get rid of it is surprising as I have not heard such commentary.

NZ currently has a mixed member proportional system on the continuation of which there is a forthcoming referendum. While there are some anomalies with the current version of MMP, I doubt there is much appetite for a move back to ‘first past the post’ in each electorate and the party with the most seats gets to govern.

Comment on Huppert called on to apologise over AV untruth by Christopher Crowe

Christopher Crowe — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:05:13 +0000

The NO2AV campaign is ill-informed and incorrect. The leaflet pushed through my door this week had so many glaring errors and incorrect assumptions in it that it was genuinely hard to read without becoming annoyed. Anyone with a basic grasp of mathematics and logic can see that the FPTP system is inherently flawed and unfair.

If you have any sense – VOTE YES TO AV!

Comment on The Rt Hon Alan B’Stard explains AV by Welcome to Cherry Hinton Conservatives! « Cherry Hinton Conservatives

Welcome to Cherry Hinton Conservatives! « Cherry Hinton Conservatives — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:52:14 +0000

[...] in the City Council elections, as well as a vote in the AV referendum (for reasons to vote No, watch this excellent video!). With two City Councillors being elected, this is an excellent opportunity to balance the [...]