To AV or not to AV

From: ANT_THOMAS 6 May 2011 15:26
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Well they had to draw straws in Bury and Labour took control.

http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/9013120.Future_of_Bury_Council_decided___by_the_drawing_of_lots/

(giggle)
EDITED: 6 May 2011 15:42 by ANT_THOMAS
From: koswix 6 May 2011 15:29
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Holy crap this is one helluva yellow map :D

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/scotland.stm

 

The SNP have a majority at 65 seats, and there's still 3 regional votes to be declared.

 

So far I think the Lib Dems have got a massive 4 seats, and Labour 29. This is going to be an interesting parliament.

From: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 6 May 2011 15:32
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From: Oscarvarium (OZGUR) 6 May 2011 23:55
To: ANT_THOMAS 114 of 115

That's hilarious. If only we had some kind of voting system that allowed people who voted for the other parties to still have some say.

 

Oh fucking wait.

From: Kriv 7 May 2011 01:06
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1. Lib Dems have taken a lot of unwarranted flack, they are the Tory Shield.

 

2. Motion would have passed if Brown didnt decline a coalition.

 

3. AV is insignificant, Proportinal Representation was what should have been fought for. Tories (and Labour) know PR would reduce their numbers in parliament. No longer would Tories and Labour rely on their minority vote (30-38%) to gain power via tactical voting

 

4. If AV is so bad, why are internal party votes follow AV?

 

5. Seeing a voting reform referendum in our lifetime is extremely unlikely, well done Clegg.

 

6. Cameron has pretty much secured a second term in office. Lib deems returned to 1980s political strength, Labour scapegoat for debt will take a while to shake off (Not all their fault, but definitely a significant contributing factor)