Where is the tank?

[kinboshi]

He's been reflecting on how 32% were in favour of AV and that was considered a resounding NO, but a 35%  share of the vote for the tories was seen as sufficient to give them a mandate for 5 years.

13% were in favour of AV
28% were against
59% didn't give a toss

... and the general election?

[RED-DOG]

He's been reflecting on how 32% were in favour of AV and that was considered a resounding NO, but a 35%  share of the vote for the tories was seen as sufficient to give them a mandate for 5 years.

13% were in favour of AV
28% were against
59% didn't give a toss

And the other 4% were crap at maths.

Uh, 13+28+59=100

Perhaps it's you that's crap at maths

Don't  think you will catch anyone out with this old joke........

Perhaps not. Oh wait....

[mondatoo]

He's been reflecting on how 32% were in favour of AV and that was considered a resounding NO, but a 35%  share of the vote for the tories was seen as sufficient to give them a mandate for 5 years.

13% were in favour of AV
28% were against
59% didn't give a toss

And the other 4% were crap at maths.

Uh, 13+28+59=100

Perhaps it's you that's crap at maths

Don't  think you will catch anyone out with this old joke........

Perhaps not. Oh wait....

MC doesn't count, he's too easy.

[Jon MW]

He's been reflecting on how 32% were in favour of AV and that was considered a resounding NO, but a 35%  share of the vote for the tories was seen as sufficient to give them a mandate for 5 years.

13% were in favour of AV
28% were against
59% didn't give a toss

... and the general election?

35% didn't give a toss.

The answer is of course that twice as many people rejected it as voted for it - so a resounding no

Whereas 35% voted for the Tories - which a) didn't give them a mandate because they didn't receive a majority but more pertinently b) no other option got more support - so completely different to the AV vote.

If you think it's unfair that the Tories can be in government with 35% of the vote - how would it be fairer for a party with 10/15/20% of the vote to be in government?

Which is what would regularly happen with full PR as opposed to rarely with FPTP

[thetank]

He's been reflecting on how 32% were in favour of AV and that was considered a resounding NO, but a 35%  share of the vote for the tories was seen as sufficient to give them a mandate for 5 years.

13% were in favour of AV
28% were against
59% didn't give a toss

... and the general election?

Nearly 18 million voted for a party now in government, 3 times as many as the 6 million who voted for AV.