tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post1383087229611760038..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: How a campaign against women's votes could look today #Yes2AVMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-15474987695834880162011-02-21T13:13:47.781+00:002011-02-21T13:13:47.781+00:00Fair play to Mr Elliott of the Taxpayers Alliance....Fair play to Mr Elliott of the Taxpayers Alliance. His gut instinct must be to have a picture of the CEO of RBS lighting a cigar with a £50 note with the caption 'What he needs is top rate tax back to 40%, not AV.'. But instead he's put aside his own feelings and suggested that we need maternity units on every street corner, and more home helps and coppers. Bravo, sir! I just hope the TPA don't find out.Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669097087324197724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-42445618989369206422011-02-20T16:28:38.580+00:002011-02-20T16:28:38.580+00:00The No2AV campaign really is shameless. Trying to ...The No2AV campaign really is shameless. Trying to link AV to these incredibly emotive topics... I would laugh if it didn't make me feel a little sick.Baphometnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-81014979082402404332011-02-19T12:24:47.203+00:002011-02-19T12:24:47.203+00:00Current system : Most popular candidate gets elect...Current system : Most popular candidate gets elected.<br /><br />Proposed system : Most popular candidate gets elected if a majority don't hate them.<br /><br />Isn't it that simple ?Darzilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-49345334800619356202011-02-18T09:46:04.720+00:002011-02-18T09:46:04.720+00:00This is another example of the blatant trivialisa...This is another example of the blatant trivialisation of the AV campaign by both sides, which is putting people off.<br /><br />A message to both sides:<br /><br />Have something credible and informative to say, or shut up!<br /><br />#meh2avMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545443913163362339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-83056300164916276652011-02-17T15:58:51.278+00:002011-02-17T15:58:51.278+00:00Fascinating - the No2AV campaign is registered by ...Fascinating - the No2AV campaign is registered by Charlotte Vere:<br /><br />Domain ID:D159148452-LROR<br />Domain Name:NO2AV.ORG<br />Created On:11-May-2010 19:31:38 UTC<br />Last Updated On:05-Jan-2011 18:04:15 UTC<br />Expiration Date:11-May-2013 19:31:38 UTC<br />Sponsoring Registrar:Register.com Inc. (R71-LROR)<br />Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED<br />Registrant ID:4250877490e18083<br />Registrant Name:Charlotte Vere<br />Registrant Organization:No Campaign Limited<br />Registrant Street1:Westminster Tower<br />Registrant Street2:3 Albert Embankment<br />Registrant Street3:<br />Registrant City:London<br />Registrant State/Province:<br />Registrant Postal Code:SE1 7SP<br />Registrant Country:GB<br />Registrant Phone:+44.44799057445<br />Registrant Phone Ext.:<br />Registrant FAX:<br />Registrant FAX Ext.:<br />Registrant Email:charlotte@no2av.org<br /><br />She was the Conservative candidate for Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas' constituency. Presumably she reckons that with AV she stands no chance of getting in next time, but with FPTP she might get in. No self-interest there then :-) <br /><br />Anyway, none of this really matters - all governments are run by corporations. Hmm, one way of finding out if AV is a threat to the elites is to see where the corporate money is going. Time for a bit more research...Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-65093856651108798632011-02-17T13:57:11.869+00:002011-02-17T13:57:11.869+00:00How many bullet proof vests does he need exactly?How many bullet proof vests does he need exactly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-25750226559716688382011-02-17T13:47:30.205+00:002011-02-17T13:47:30.205+00:00The point, Anonymous, is that "...but soldier...The point, Anonymous, is that "...but soldiers need bullet-proof vests" is not an argument against changing the voting system.<br /><br />It makes no sense as an argument against votes for women, and it makes no sense either as an argument against AV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-60588006337153150602011-02-17T13:06:32.613+00:002011-02-17T13:06:32.613+00:00AV means more women candidates and more people vot...AV means more women candidates and more people voting for women candidates - so there IS a link with the Votes for Women issueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-27998209525607423212011-02-17T13:01:24.529+00:002011-02-17T13:01:24.529+00:00Wow, maybe if we didn't participate in illegal...Wow, maybe if we didn't participate in illegal wars at great expense we might not have a bad a deficit as we do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-16133302472558934532011-02-17T12:59:19.990+00:002011-02-17T12:59:19.990+00:00Wait, what? Women can vote now? This is an outra...Wait, what? Women can vote now? This is an outrage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-6021768346790521112011-02-17T11:26:43.132+00:002011-02-17T11:26:43.132+00:00@Gregg, it is possible that it is you who has no p...@Gregg, it is possible that it is you who has no perspective.<br /><br />Whether or not women's suffrage is of comparable magnitude to proportional representation is irrelevant. This is a joke which uses an extreme form of the rhetoric of the No2AV campaign to satirise the attempt being made to derail AV on spurious cost grounds.<br /><br />There's nothing either unusual or ridiculous in that.dazberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011934932914943141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-1782817157231784912011-02-17T10:11:04.037+00:002011-02-17T10:11:04.037+00:00I support AV but think this is probably the most r...I support AV but think this is probably the most ridiculous thing I've seen concerning May 5th.<br /><br />Sadly it's another example of a Lib Dem having no sense of perspective.Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323165429887622931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-28333989391675566162011-02-17T10:10:51.621+00:002011-02-17T10:10:51.621+00:00Way to miss the point anonymous.
In any case, we...Way to miss the point anonymous. <br /><br />In any case, we are talking about reforming a voting system that means currently, while we all get to vote, less than 2% of us are lucky enough to have a vote that means anything.<br /><br />I'd argue that changing to a voting system that make the other 98% real instead of lip service votesis as important or more so than woman's suffrage.Wigarsehttp://www.goingonabearhunt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-42359533102781791502011-02-17T09:59:18.299+00:002011-02-17T09:59:18.299+00:00What a load of cobwash; we're talking about a ...What a load of cobwash; we're talking about a change in an electoral system, not the right of half the population to actually vote.<br /><br />The word slanderous springs to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com