Alternative Vote: the wrong referendum on the wrong question
If we're having a referendum on AV (something that neither of the two coalition parties proposed at the recent election), why can't we have one on European integration (something which they did both propose)? If we're being allowed our say on how to elect our MPs, shouldn't we also be allowed our say on whether they govern the country? Referendums ought to be generated by popular demand, through a petition mechanism, not decreed as the result of back-room coalition negotiations.
I am open-minded about electoral reform. There may well be a case for the system that was actually in the Lib Dem manifesto, namely Irish-style multi-member constituencies. But there is no case whatever for AV, the system dismissed by Churchill as "the most worthless votes for the most worthless candidates".
So long and thanks for all the clicks
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