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  • NickFitz
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    I see Cameron's been making a complete arse of himself over this

    Doesn't he realise that, if he talks obvious crap over this one issue, it makes everything he says about any other issue in the future suspect?

    Apparently his expensive education managed to skip the fable about the boy who cried "Wolf". Classics at Eton isn't what it used to be

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    It doesn't take a brain to see that's a bit odd.
    Good thing in your case or that would be something else that goes so far over your head it leaves a vapour trail.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by Waldorf View Post
    A vote FOR AV is a vote to give the Liberal Democrats a permanent seat around the cabinet table

    I have just voted NO
    Voting for a system based on the outcome it will give isn't really what democracy is about.

    Originally posted by amcdonald View Post
    that's just what the Liberals are doing
    Yes undoubtedly but in this case the facts back their argument as SB mentions. It's theoretically possible in England that one party could get 40%+ of the votes but not one single seat, if all constituencies had a uniform voting distribution. It doesn't take a brain to see that's a bit odd.

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  • Ruprect
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Indeed. SB and Sas have shown their are idiots on both sides.


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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    A fool may say the sun is shining, but that doesn't make it dark outside.
    Indeed. SB and Sas have shown their are idiots on both sides.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Stephen Fry and Eddie Izzard, the usual novelty hounds (and publicity hounds), have been campaigning for AV

    That on its own should be enough to convince anyone in their right mind to vote no.
    A fool may say the sun is shining, but that doesn't make it dark outside.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Stephen Fry and Eddie Izzard, the usual novelty hounds (and publicity hounds), have been campaigning for AV

    That on its own should be enough to convince anyone in their right mind to vote no.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Waldorf View Post
    Because NO ONE gets what they voted for, manifesto's become a waste of time as each party can claim that they had to compromise.


    Manifesto's are a waste of time.

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  • Ruprect
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    Oh bo11ocks. The missus has only gone and voted yes. Now I'm going to have to go out and cancel hers out

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  • Waldorf
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    That would be the same Liberal Democrats that polled 23% of the national vote at the last General Election would it?
    And it is unfair for them to have any real voice why exactly?


    Well done. Did you manage that on your own or did Mummy tell you how to vote?
    Because it all ends up as a fudge, a small minority watering down a potential strong government.

    No my mum died 10 years ago, but she did teach me to make my own mind up.

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  • Waldorf
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    What's the problem if they have a couple of seats? Current situation is disproportional because they held everyone to ransom so got far more than they should have achieved.
    Because NO ONE gets what they voted for, manifesto's become a waste of time as each party can claim that they had to compromise.

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  • amcdonald
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    No argument with that principle, however your reasoning seems to be to pick a voting system based on the outcome you want it to achieve. Which is bad in the field of politics just as much as it is in science.
    But that's just what the Liberals are doing

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Waldorf View Post
    A vote FOR AV is a vote to give the Liberal Democrats a permanent seat around the cabinet table
    That would be the same Liberal Democrats that polled 23% of the national vote at the last General Election would it?
    And it is unfair for them to have any real voice why exactly?


    Originally posted by Waldorf View Post
    I have just voted NO
    Well done. Did you manage that on your own or did Mummy tell you how to vote?

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Waldorf View Post
    A vote FOR AV is a vote to give the Liberal Democrats a permanent seat
    What's the problem if they have a couple of seats? Current situation is disproportional because they held everyone to ransom so got far more than they should have achieved.

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  • Waldorf
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    A vote FOR AV is a vote to give the Liberal Democrats a permanent seat around the cabinet table

    I have just voted NO

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