On 03/05/2011 15:11, John Williamson wrote:
Roger Mills wrote:
On 03/05/2011 11:23, John Williamson wrote:


I don't see the need to change, myself. The FPTP system has generally
been delivering stable government here for a while now.


My general philosophy is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

But it IS broke! It might deliver 'stable' government but, in a
multi-party environment, it delivers MPs *and* governments for which
most of the people have NOT voted. That's why we need a change.

As far as I can see, all AV will do will replace the "More people voted
for me than anyone else" with "Less people really hate me than anyone else"


But isn't that preferable?

See the whole thing illustrated rather cleverly in Dan Snow's video, to
be screened on TV this evening - and available he
http://www.yestofairervotes.org/page...03DanSnowEmail
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Cheers,
Roger
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