Are we all getting exited about this? it's happening on May 5th and everyone seems totally underwhelmed by this, is this just a sop to the lib dems?

Better to make voting compulsory than fiddle about with the voting system - you get fined if you don't fill in your census form so why can't they apply this to voting.

redelitev6 wrote on 03. Apr 2011 at 12:52:


Not exactly excited. We should be getting a vote on our EU membership, which many want. Instead we get this vote which few want. That's politics for you.

I must say I'm undecided. On the one hand the FPTP system is straightforward and, as many have said, will tend to give working majorities (though not the last time!). On the other hand, people often do not vote for the minority parties, even though they may want to in their heart, because they believe that such a vote would be wasted as "they'll never get in". Under AV, minority parties would do better.

Since I absolutely detest all three major parties, and would wish to see UKIP do well, I am minded to support AV just for that reason alone.

That said, I am underwhelmed by it all and may not even vote.   

No i did not take me to court along with alot of other people i know

Sadly I think there will be a very small turnout.

IMO most people(if they bother to vote) vote either labour or conservative on principle (don't want the current lot, vote for a more enlightened minority party is a wasted vote or my dad always votes for xxxx). A few vote Lib Dem because they don't like labour or conservative. An even smaller minority vote for other parties either because they represent something (e.g. UKIP) or they are making a point.

It would actually be nice to see the system changed so that more of the minority parties could get representation. UKIP might (just might) be able to do something about our parlous state of EU membership if they were in a coalition government. Out of a coalition government there is no chance as we have seen with both labour and the current lot.

Will AV happen? Don't think so. Call me Dave will ensure a good turnout for a no vote.

what is funny is the tories trying to tell us all its far too complicated 

yep 1,2,3.......gets tricky after that - although DC didn't seem to mind AV when he was elected leader of the tories did he?

I dont think this form of AV is much cop but it moves us in the right direction, making every vote at least count, yes people would be free to vote their conscience rather than tactically so you would get a few of the wee diddy parties getting a boost - but if that reflects society then why is that a bad thing? majority of the country is vaguely leftish so i can see why it would kill the tories and hence their resistance to change but if DC wants a big society he has to accept what the big society wants surely 

mkirky wrote on 03. Apr 2011 at 14:58:



you deny yourself the vote? please dont lecture me about democracy when theres people dying fighting for basic human rights

Census has nothing to do with voting i though you would know that as you seem to think you know everything else
and some of us atually do the fighting not just sit on our arse bitching about it