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Rod Crosby puts the case for voting YES Theoretical Case Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem states that no (#1) voting system can be totally fair when choosing between more than two candidates. Selecting a single-winner voting system therefore depends on which aspects of fairness we consider more important than others. FPTP’s unfairness has been understood for centuries, and its most deprecated flaws are:- 1) failing the Majority Loser Criterion. FPTP can elect the candidate whom the overwhelming majority of voters wish to…

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This is what his memo looks like enlarged. See Daily Mail here.

“Dyed In Some Wool” puts the case for voting NO When considering the upcoming referendum, AV seems to me not only to be the wrong answer, but the referendum itself is the wrong question. Let’s look at the main reasons for considering a yes vote. I want a more proportional system AV is not proportional and will not lead to parliament reflecting the national vote, most seats contested at the 2010 election would remain in the same hands. AV will…

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Betfair Politics

Is he now value for Tory leader? Just as you can buy bargain stocks in the midst of a stock market panic, there is rarely a better time to bet on a politician than when they are seen as being in trouble. Of course, if the trouble is serious then they might be best avoided, but sometimes the damage to a politician is more shallow than it appears. Taking advantage of the maxim “markets don’t react: they overreact” I wonder…

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This is from the Press Association report: “Tony Blair lays bare the divisions at the top of the Labour Party with the publication of his memoirs, focusing attention on his relationship with “maddening” Gordon Brown. Former prime minister Mr Blair’s book, A Journey, reveals the depth of the rift between the figures who dominated British politics between 1997 and 2010. Mr Blair said he was put under “relentless personal pressure” by Mr Brown but could not sack his chancellor because…

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Will Obama lose both the House and the Senate? So with Our Genial Host taking a well-deserved break in France, the inevitability of major political news breaking in the coming days is assured. We’ll try our best to be as responsive to news stories as possible (though I suspect Tony Blair’s book – with all proceeds going to the Royal British Legion – will dominate today’s news cycle), but hope I’ll be forgiven for kicking off with a quick preview…

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