tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post20638932069204574..comments2024-03-29T10:23:02.840+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Will someone please tell Norman Lamont that AV does not stand for Proportional Representation?James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-34861450489384416322011-02-16T01:26:28.354+00:002011-02-16T01:26:28.354+00:00"I’m interested to hear that he thinks that w...<i>"I’m interested to hear that he thinks that we don’t have to “demonstrate in public squares”"</i><br /><br />Yes, Tris, I certainly recall a fair few demonstrations against the last Tory government that was "elected" in spite of 58% of people voting against it!<br /><br />Colin, the chances are that the Lib Dems would have a few more seats under AV than they would under FPTP, so in that sense it makes coalitions slightly more likely. But it really is a very marginal difference, and one that would only occur because of the specific circumstances of the UK party system as it currently stands. AV isn't in principle any more proportional than the current system.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-51490264132094761212011-02-15T14:52:24.898+00:002011-02-15T14:52:24.898+00:00Perhaps there are projections that AV would produc...Perhaps there are projections that AV would produce a more proportional (i.e. closer) result than FPTP? That's the only possible premise under which Lamont's argument makes any sense at all. It'd be handy if we could see the full piece without having to pay the Digger Duty.rullkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468064035662238392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24892338452723268682011-02-15T14:39:21.696+00:002011-02-15T14:39:21.696+00:00I suspect that it’s a case of the Tories not reall...I suspect that it’s a case of the Tories not really understanding anything other than FPTP. It’s “the way we have always done it dear boy”. Anything else is disaster. <br /><br />“No don’t bother to explain it to me dear chap; it is a travesty, whatever it is. There will be blood on the streets, the monarchy will fall, and Cambridge will perpetually win the boat race.”<br /><br />I’m interested to hear that he thinks that we don’t have to “demonstrate in public squares”. I mean where was he when the miners’ strike was going on; where was he when Mrs T was being toppled by the Poll Tax riots of 1992; where was he when the students burned the Tory headquarters in 2010; where will he be when the middle classes rise against the horrors foreseen by Ken Clarke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com