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NO to AV lead still in double figures as Yes campaign becomes more dishonest and more dirty
Conservative Home Blog on 28 April 2011As much of the country retreats into another double bank holiday weekend, there is good news for the NO to AV campaign from two new opinion polls.
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Lies, damned lies, and the Yes to AV campaign
The Telegraph on 28 April 2011The key question here, which is being all too frequently ignored, is this: will AV improve our democracy? I don’t believe it will, for all manner of reasons. But let’s at least have an honest, grown-up debate.
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More than half of Labour MPs oppose AV
Daily Mail on 27 April 2011130 Labour MPs – more than half of the 255-strong parliamentary party – have publicly declared their support for the No campaign, against just 86 saying they will vote Yes. Labour would do worse under AV if an election were held now.
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NO to AV campaign 18-point lead
The Sun on 27 April 2011SUPPORT for introducing the Alternative Vote is collapsing – with the No to AV camp opening up a 18-point lead.
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Merton’s Labour and Tory MPs join forces on AV referendum campaign
Local London on 27 April 2011Merton’s Labour and Conservative MPs took the unusual step of joining forces to launch their opposition to proposals to change the voting system used in general elections.
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Margaret Beckett supports NO to AV campaign
BBC on 26 April 2011The former Labour foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, has lent her support to the No to AV campaign, ahead of next week’s referendum.
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David Cameron: AV system would be hopelessly unclear
BBC on 26 April 2011David Cameron has called the alternative voting system the political equivalent of a “life-support machine” for dead government.
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New counting firm emerges amid AV row
City AM on 26 April 2011A company that runs elections urges a YES vote for the potential commercial interests AV would bring. It had already emerged that the Electoral Reform Society, a major backer of the Yes to AV campaign, believed it could gain financially under AV.
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AV makes tactical voting worse
Telegraph on 25 April 2011AV won’t end tactical voting – it will just make it more complicated. So please – ignore the mud-slinging, and consider the issue of changing to AV on its merits. And when you’ve done that, vote No.
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Scots go cool on change to voting system
The Scotsman on 25 April 2011Scots look set to turn their backs on reform of the Westminster voting system in the forthcoming referendum on a switch to the AV alternative vote system of electing MPs.
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