Re: Referendum on electoral reform
Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:57:37 -0500
In article <7ird9gF316iv7U1@mid.individual.net>,
T.C.Roll-Pickering@qmul.ac.uk (Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:
> Henry Potts wrote:
>
> > I wholeheartedly support the LibDem and ERS view that we should
> > use
> > STV. That's because I value both greater proportionality *and*
> > ordinality, and STV delivers b ...
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Re: Referendum on electoral reform
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:24:26 -0700 (PDT)
rosenst...@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> use...@bondegezou.demon.co.uk (Henry Potts) wrote:
> > what evidence shows that AV is *generally* less proportional to a significant degree?
>
> It's the consistent record in Australia AIUI. There is also some evidence
> from second preference data that Labour's majorities ...
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Re: Referendum on electoral reform
Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:01:12 -0500
In article
<f37ed977-0aea-4d67-91c8-fc6f810113f4@h13g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
usenet@bondegezou.demon.co.uk (Henry Potts) wrote:
> what evidence shows that
> AV is *generally* less proportional to a significant degree?
It's the consistent record in Australia AIUI. There is also some evidence
from second ...
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Re: Referendum on electoral reform
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:49:03 -0500
In article <Zh5xm.235912$tD4.130159@newsfe07.ams2>,
guy.barry@blueyonder.co.uk (Guy Barry) wrote:
> I'm still a little confused here. You said that "most voters will
> continue to be unrepresented in Parliament by MPs they choose". If
> every MP has over 50% of the vote, then surely most voters *will* be
> ...
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Re: Referendum on electoral reform
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:15:31 -0500
In article
<e1439d03-3352-4c74-8819-ca03f8fd3ab6@e12g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
guy.barry@blueyonder.co.uk (Guy Barry) wrote:
> On Oct 1, 12:21?pm, rosenst...@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> > In article <_V%wm.277050$_Q3.226...@newsfe20.ams2>,
> >
> > guy.ba...@blueyonder.co.uk (Guy Barry) wrote:
> > > Yester ...
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Referendum on electoral reform
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:55:23 +0100
Yesterday's Guardian reported Labour's commitment to hold a referendum on
electoral reform if it wins the next election as a new pledge. Forgive me
if I'm wrong, but wasn't it in their 1997 manifesto? As I recall, they
commissioned a report from Roy Jenkins, then shelved the report and reneged
on their manifesto ...
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How it happened
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:22:52 -0500
How the Fat Cats reduced the rest of the animals to serfs.
1970s ... Womens' Liberation = 2x the workforce = lower wages for
Americans
1980s ... Illegal Immigration = x the workforce = lower wages for
Americans
1990s ... NAFTA = x the workforce (overseas) = lower wages for
Americans
2000s ... Globalization ...
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It's the Sun wot predicted it
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:16:39 +0100
It's significant that the Sun has come out in favour of the Conservatives at
the next election. Not because I believe the support of the Sun is
influential in swinging elections ("it's the Sun wot won it" in 1992 was
purely a piece of self-promotion), but because the newspaper has a very good
record of calling el ...
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BNP to Copyright Its Slogans to Stop Labour Stealing Them
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:56:40 -0700 (PDT)
The British National Party has started moves to copyright its
political slogans after the Labour Party stole the BNP-origin term
?Operation Fightback,? Nick Griffin MEP has announced.
Speaking to BNP News after Labour unveiled its ?Operation Fightback?
banner at its flop conference this weekend, Mr Griffin said ...
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Re: Local Authority By-Election Results 24 September 2009
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:03:20 -0500
In article <5aGdnTMfwdHyByLXnZ2dnUVZ8oGdnZ2d@pipex.net>,
JN@noparticularplacetogo.com (JNugent) wrote:
> rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
>
> > JN@noparticularplacetogo.com (JNugent) wrote:
> >> rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> >>> T.C.Roll-Pickering@qmul.ac.uk (Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:
> >>>> ...
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