Comments on: Daily View 2×2: 9 February 2010 http://www.libdemvoice.org/daily-view-22-9-february-2010-17879.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Suffield http://www.libdemvoice.org/daily-view-22-9-february-2010-17879.html#comment-107047 Andrew Suffield Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:01:25 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=17879#comment-107047 Ewan's only apparent points on "why AV could be better than STV" is just the old "AV excludes minority views from government so I can continue to trample on this minority that I don't like" (which I really dislike; each party has been preaching this one, and the only variation is whether they're picking on gay people (Tories), foreigners (Labour), or nationalists (Liberals)), plus the "MPs should be working in Westminster, not in their constituency" line which appears to have been lifted out of the Tory playbook. He doesn't consider all the reasons why STV is better than AV - such as the fact that under a proportional representation system, most people in the country would have an MP who represents their views, while under AV (or worse, FPTP) half the population of the country is stuck with an MP who is from an opposition party. Ewan’s only apparent points on “why AV could be better than STV” is just the old “AV excludes minority views from government so I can continue to trample on this minority that I don’t like” (which I really dislike; each party has been preaching this one, and the only variation is whether they’re picking on gay people (Tories), foreigners (Labour), or nationalists (Liberals)), plus the “MPs should be working in Westminster, not in their constituency” line which appears to have been lifted out of the Tory playbook.

He doesn’t consider all the reasons why STV is better than AV – such as the fact that under a proportional representation system, most people in the country would have an MP who represents their views, while under AV (or worse, FPTP) half the population of the country is stuck with an MP who is from an opposition party.

]]> By: Sharon Mail http://www.libdemvoice.org/daily-view-22-9-february-2010-17879.html#comment-107045 Sharon Mail Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:08:31 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=17879#comment-107045 Thank you for remembering Ian. Sharon Mail Author We Could Possibly Comment - Ian Richardson Remembered Thank you for remembering Ian.

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