May 3rd 2011, 21:44:22
We had a hung Parliament:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...red/election2010/results/
Labour and Lib Dems, would have been the logical coalition, but they didnt have the seats without the support of the kitchen sink and the unpopularity of Gordon Brown and the Labour cabinet meant that the only option was a Conservative minoirty government which relied on others agreeing, a minority agreement that the Lib Dems would support major bills (such as the budget) in exchange for something (new election would have been called soon) or a full coalition between Con/Lib Dem.
They went for the full coalition, but the two parties are ideological polarised on social and political reform. The Lib Dems want full PR and the Conservatives would never ever agree to PR, because it would destroy the party. In the end Cons gave a referendum on the AV system, which was a massive concession for them. The Lib Dems see this a little compramise and hope that it would give them more power allowing them to move to full PR in the future.
In the AV system you rank canidates in order of preference (you can rank as few as you like). If the winner hasn't achieved 50% then the last place canidate is eliminated and his second choice is counted. This continues until someone passes 50%. This would have a significant impact on the results, but in a subtle way. Instead of having Conservative or Labour majorities as the norm and coalitions as the exception, it is likely that coalitions with the Lib Dems will be the rule and majorities being the exception.
Conservatives are against, Lib dems are for and Labour is split. The actual bill that led to this referendum also included boundry changes (which are not up for referendum) and favour the conservative party.
Pro's and Con's from the two sides: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13229787
Youtbe video showing the diff between FPTP and AV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPFIpeiq5Uc
A Funny Yes Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiHuiDD_oTk A Funny No Video: a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-obZ9OG_XKA
I'm voting no. First, because of party interest; im a Conservative that believes that every other party has a disasterous economic policy, etc... It's also the most stable (majorities), AV gives the extreme party voters a 2nd/3rd preference (giving nutters more influence). FPTP is so simple that even retards can understand it and there are no shortage of them in any country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...red/election2010/results/
Labour and Lib Dems, would have been the logical coalition, but they didnt have the seats without the support of the kitchen sink and the unpopularity of Gordon Brown and the Labour cabinet meant that the only option was a Conservative minoirty government which relied on others agreeing, a minority agreement that the Lib Dems would support major bills (such as the budget) in exchange for something (new election would have been called soon) or a full coalition between Con/Lib Dem.
They went for the full coalition, but the two parties are ideological polarised on social and political reform. The Lib Dems want full PR and the Conservatives would never ever agree to PR, because it would destroy the party. In the end Cons gave a referendum on the AV system, which was a massive concession for them. The Lib Dems see this a little compramise and hope that it would give them more power allowing them to move to full PR in the future.
In the AV system you rank canidates in order of preference (you can rank as few as you like). If the winner hasn't achieved 50% then the last place canidate is eliminated and his second choice is counted. This continues until someone passes 50%. This would have a significant impact on the results, but in a subtle way. Instead of having Conservative or Labour majorities as the norm and coalitions as the exception, it is likely that coalitions with the Lib Dems will be the rule and majorities being the exception.
Conservatives are against, Lib dems are for and Labour is split. The actual bill that led to this referendum also included boundry changes (which are not up for referendum) and favour the conservative party.
Pro's and Con's from the two sides: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13229787
Youtbe video showing the diff between FPTP and AV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPFIpeiq5Uc
A Funny Yes Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiHuiDD_oTk A Funny No Video: a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-obZ9OG_XKA
I'm voting no. First, because of party interest; im a Conservative that believes that every other party has a disasterous economic policy, etc... It's also the most stable (majorities), AV gives the extreme party voters a 2nd/3rd preference (giving nutters more influence). FPTP is so simple that even retards can understand it and there are no shortage of them in any country.