Posts Tagged AV referendum
Yes? No? Does anyone care?
Posted by Stephen Clarke in British History, Politics on 04/05/2011
With the first UK-wide referendum since 1975 approaching, it could be worth asking: how many of the population have to vote to make the result a meaningful one? Perhaps more important than the vote itself are the issues which could be thrown up about the state of British democracy.
“Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Politics on 26/04/2011
This weekend Chris Huhne voiced serious criticisms of the Chancellor and the Conservative party in light of the ‘No to AV’ campaign’s recent claims about the cost and benefit for radical parties of the AV electoral system. Perhaps most significant could be the fact that he ‘refused to rule out resigning as energy secretary over the tensions’. Huhne’s outburst came on the same day that the Independent on Sunday ran an interview with Nick Clegg where the Deputy Prime Minister in effect described the Tories, as opponents of AV, as a ‘nasty right wing clique’. Although political rhetoric can be misleading, the coalition government seems to be on the verge of splitting at the seams.
