UK: AV Referendum, your vote?

James wrote: They keep blaming Labour for the global recession.  It's getting sickening!  I'm not saying the Labour Party were free of blame.  It's just the Tories (and the Lib Dems) keep repeating the same hogwash all the time.

Yes, that mantra is so f**king tiresome now. If I hear the phrase :this mess we've inherited from Labour" spring from Tory or Lib Dem lips once more I think I might actually kill something. Danny Alexander was trotting it out repeatedly on the World at One today and it took me ages to realise it wasn't a Tory speaking!

Well, I'm hardly surprised by the result, but I'm still f**king furious about it. My generation's chance of a fairer electoral system has been well and truly scuppered by the smug old political dinosaurs and their media pals who conducted a disgraceful campaign just to save their own sorry skins.

Whilst brave people in Libya, Syria and elsewhere are risking incarceration, torture and death for basic democratic rights we can't even embrace the first opportunity in centuries to reform our broken political system and give the powers that be the shake-up they so sorely need. What an abysmal day for democracy in this country.

Quite a resounding No by the looks of things:

akamaisondufromage wrote: Snow Dog wrote: I'm feeling a lot of hostility here so that's me out.   SOrry Snowy, I hope you didn't feel I was hostile.  I only feel angry about the way the vote and campaign was conducted not about the result or about anyone who voted one way or the other.

I only got angry with people dicking about with my Coke analogy

Snow Dog wrote: Dean wrote: akamaisondufromage wrote: Snow Dog wrote: I'm feeling a lot of hostility here so that's me out.   SOrry Snowy, I hope you didn't feel I was hostile.  I only feel angry about the way the vote and campaign was conducted not about the result or about anyone who voted one way or the other.    I only got angry with people dicking about with my Coke analogy If that is the case I am sorry about that. It wasn't my intention.

Snow Dog wrote: I'm angry at the accusation, as a no voter, that I don't understand the principal. I am also dismayed at the the anger of the yes voters here at the result. Had it gone the other way i would have been fine with it.

You are seeing things that are not there Ian. As some have said already, we are not angry at the result - the result was predictable from day one, we are also not angry at those who voted No, even those who blatantly didn't understand what was being offered - and that was not you as you clearly stated you were voting No because you were happy with the current system and you don't like change - that's fine by me. We are of course disappointed by the result because this was the one chance we had in our lifetime to change a system that favours a two-party electorate, and this country is far from being a two party electorate.

Edited by Dean - May 07 2011 at 07:20

James wrote:   I'm actually quite annoyed by the result.

Snow Dog wrote: James wrote:   I'm actually quite annoyed by the result.

Snow Dog wrote:   Or do you want the last word?

I was annoyed precisely for that reason Dean quoted.  I didn't like the fact the No Campaign was terrible and telling blatant lies.

I knew it'd be a No vote.  However, I was hoping it'd be closer.  Not so much of a comprehensive victory for the No voters.

Dean wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Dean wrote: Snow Dog wrote:   Or do you want the last word?   Knew it. I didn't mean anything spiteful by that comment. But do you have anything to add? It's not my fight - I don't like quotes out of context, especially when the following quotes do clarify the point for me at least. At the time I thought the "last word" jibe was below the belt, but if you say it's not, then it's not.