tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post3583834227269091987..comments2024-03-29T09:36:27.923+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Why a Yes to AV would make it impossible for the BNP to win a seat at WestminsterJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-19111561097577848022011-03-10T15:35:09.330+00:002011-03-10T15:35:09.330+00:00Anon, I suspect you know that your second point is...Anon, I suspect you know that your second point is pushing it a bit. If a "first step to PR" was on the ballot paper, I'd happily defend a Yes vote on precisely that basis, as PR would be superior to AV. But that's not what's on the ballot paper, so in an imperfect world I'm getting on with pointing out the merits of AV in its own right. <br /><br />I'll have to bow to your superior knowledge of Queensland politics, but one thing I do know - for One Nation to win seats, they must have been attracting 50%+ on the final count in each constituency. That's an indication that they must have had a much, much, much broader range of support than a party like the BNP. Therefore, the only caveat I'd need to put on my original observation is that so long as a far-right party enjoys the sympathy of only a minority (no matter how substantial a minority that is) AV makes it considerably less likely they will be elected. If (heaven forbid) we ever get to the point where the majority are sympathetic to them, of course they stand to be elected under absolutely any system you could devise - AV, FPTP, or any variant of PR.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-85565917594263432862011-03-10T09:48:37.286+00:002011-03-10T09:48:37.286+00:00Except for the fact the AV system proposed is the ...Except for the fact the AV system proposed is the same as the one in QLD that saw 11 OneNation MPs elected. FPTP would have only seen 8 elected.<br /><br />AV is being billed as the first step to PR which if AV doesn't allow BNP in the PR certainly will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com