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Everyone on yes2av
On Tuesday 3 May, at 8pm, BBC Three is broadcasting a special edition of Question Time. Chaired by Richard Bacon, the programme will feature leading players from the Yes and No campaigns, and the studio audience will be made up of voters aged 18 to 25.
If our poll and the comments on Twitter are anything to go by, it’s going to be a lively session. We’ll be watching and tweeting live ( #bbcqt... Read more
about 2 years ago
So you've read what the Yes to Fairer Votes and No to AV campaign have had to say on the topic in their guest blogs. What are you going to say in the referendum? Cast your vote now, and if you'd like to say more, feel free to use the comments section.
about 2 years ago
James Clayton
Oh, come on. There's no way FPTP delivers results any more decisive than AV. The only election there's polling data for that would have given a hung parliament under AV is 2010. And Canada, who use FPTP have been in continuous hung parliaments for decades.
Alex Wasyliw
Remember that Jenkins report Cameron and the NO guys wanted us to revisit...
"A more certain, and in this list final, criticism of FPTP is its tendency to develop long periods of systemic bias against one or other of the two main parties. These periods of bias (apart from that against a widely‐spread third party) are not necessarily permanent but while they last they are very difficult if not... Read more
I am tremendously disappointed at the result regarding the Alternative Vote. The No campaign engaged in shameful misinformation tactics - including the use of emotional blackmail (This baby needs intensive care units, NOT AV). Furthermore both sides played fast and loose with the facts, without focusing purely on the issue at hand. I also feel there was a large underestimation of the intelligence... Read more
about 2 years ago
Charlotte Beckett
Thanks Emma - great points. What does everyone think? Our poll pre the day was the reverse of what the results were predicted to be. Do you think the outcome was a fair reflection of young people's opinions? Did you vote?
Sam Mason
I think the result was a fair reflection of young people's opinions. generally though, the campaign for both YES and NO to AV didn't go down too well. people either confused about what they were voting for or not satisfied with either option.
Mohammed Ahmed
I think it was more of a referendum on Nick Clegg and his party than the voting systen.
It’s time to say Yes to fairer votes
The decisions made by politicians affect all of our lives, from where the cuts to our public services fall to the stability of the job market. Currently under First-Past-the-Post, MPs can get elected with less than 30% of our votes and at present two out three MPs in the UK don't have the majority of voters on their side. Quite simply this means most of us have... Read more
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about 2 years ago