Puffy toff David Cameron, long an opponent of the Alternative Vote (despite the fact that it essentially got him elected as Tory party leader, as well as his predecessors), has had a last minute change of heart about electoral reform.
Realising that his arguments about a system that "has always worked [for myself and my job-for-life chums]" didn't ring true for the 67.5% of voters who didn't vote Conservative at the last election (not to mention the 35% of the population that didn't vote) and are stuck with "a shower of shit", as Ed Miliband colourfully described the Cabinet last week, Cameron has held a press conference this morning to rally support for his former political enemy.
Too little too late? Or is it actually designed to derail the Yes campaign once and for all? Cameron's belief that the British public are slack-jawed ne'er-do-wash knuckle draggers, unable to count to 4 so unable to be trusted with something as tricksy as writing numbers in a box, can not be ignored, and this may very well be a tactic to scare Cameron haters away from the campaign.
Watch the clip below.
In all seriousness, please vote yes to AV on May 5th. If it's good (and simple) enough to elect the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat leaders, then it's good (and simple) enough for we simpletons. Any system that gives a larger section of the population proper representation whilst simultaneously eliminating the dangerously undemocratic lull of "safe seats" (propagating the "why bother voting" mindset) is a step in the right direction. If the referendum is voted down, we'll be stuck with two-tier one-upmanship politics for decades until this issue is brought up again.
Do what's right. I thank you.
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