First past the post frenzy
On Saturday the No to AV campaign held a rally at Belfast's Ulster Hall attended by the princely total of seven people. As Yes campaigner The No campaign says they distributed 10 - 15,000 leaflets ahead of the rally, but admits that this was the worst attended event they have held anywhere in the UK. The Yes campaign held an event of their own this morning, with the SDLP's Conall McDevitt and Dawn Purvis in attendance.
The DUP are in the No camp, the SDLP and Alliance in the Yes. The UUP have yet to declare and Sinn Fein - who paraded their TDs at Stormont today - will probably take the view that the only parliamentary reform they want is for MPs to relocate from Westminster to the Dail (quietly some might vote "yes"). But whatever any of them say, if the Ulster Hall turnout is anything to go by, not many people are listening.
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At 21st Mar 2011, mfaddersb wrote:"The DUP are in the No camp" - now, why does that sound familiar?
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At 21st Mar 2011, DisgustedinDERRY wrote:Mark
If a referendum with all four voting formats on the ballot paper took place, the outcome would be as follows:
FPTP would win if this format was used to count the result of the referendum
AV would win if this format was used to count the result of the referendum
STV would win if this format was used to count the result of the referendum
Borda would win if this format was used to count the result of the referendum
That is of course providing no tactical voting took place!!!
Behind closed doors, unionist politicians accept that it would be more viable in the long run, in economic terms, if they were all elected to DΓ΅il Γ‰ireann. It's a pity they fear the bogey men in the back woods of beyond!!!
Good man martin by the way; good manoeuvre today. They won't know what to do!!!
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