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UK says NO to the Alternative Vote
BBC on 7 May 2011The UK has voted overwhelmingly to reject changing the way MPs are elected – dealing a bitter blow to Nick Clegg on top of heavy Lib Dem poll losses. Officials say 19.1m people voted in the second UK-wide referendum in history – a higher than expected turnout of 41%.
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Vote No to save our democracy
The Sun on 5 May 2011BRITAIN has just 15 hours to save its democracy today. It’s our last chance to defend equal votes.
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Choosing AV would take us back in time
The Telegraph on 4 May 2011We would be crazy to abandon our tried and tested voting system and bring in the loser’s charter that is AV. It won’t just mean a more unclear and unaccountable voting system: it is deeply un-British, a pointless anachronism.
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Britain must vote No to AV tomorrow
City AM on 4 May 2011Polls suggest that the No side is in the lead but mass apathy means that there is a real risk of the Yes camp winning on a derisory turnout. So please make use of your democratic rights tomorrow – and vote No
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First past the post works. So why change it?
Daily Mail on 3 May 2011The truth is that there has been no public clamour for reform. Nor is there any political problem that will be resolved by the introduction of AV. Indeed, every single argument put forward by its supporters is fallacious.
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Liberal Democrats the only party to ALWAYS benefit from AV
LabourList on 3 May 2011The most important arguments against the Alternative Vote are ones of principle – such as the importance of keeping our one person, one vote system rather than giving supporters of the most unpopular parties extra votes.
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137 losers would be MPs under AV
The Sun on 2 May 2011More than 100 candidates who came third at the last election could have been elected with the Alternative Vote.
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The Economist says NO to AV
The Economist on 1 May 2011The Economist urges Britons to vote NO to AV. The referendum is a disappointment, as AV would not be an improvement, and the newspaper does not believe in change for change’s sake
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Why keeping first past the post is vital for democracy
Sunday Telegraph on 30 April 2011Prime Minister David Cameron issues a final rallying cry to vote “no” in the referendum on bringing in the electoral vote. Unless enough people turn out to vote on Thursday, Britain is in real danger of exchanging an electoral system that works for one we would come to regret profoundly.
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The world fights for OUR democracy, not AV
the Sun on 30 April 2011Ross Kemp: It seems absurd that we should consider adopting a new voting system which is only used by three countries in the world. Nick Clegg himself said that AV was a “miserable little compromise”. Our present system, First Past The Post, is not a compromise – every person’s vote is equal and the person with the most votes wins the seat.
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