... not quite Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, but the question is equally important to those who watch the politics of Britain.
What exactly is AV to the politics of our United Kingdom, in simple words, what difference would it make if the electorate vote in its favour ?
The answer is simple, politics would become weakened, not to the extent it cannot function, but weakened to the point that politics of the day must become inclusive to a greater extent. Politics will need to include the views of strangers, opposition views.
Weak politics will strengthen democracy, AV is the first step ......
What exactly is AV to the politics of our United Kingdom, in simple words, what difference would it make if the electorate vote in its favour ?
The answer is simple, politics would become weakened, not to the extent it cannot function, but weakened to the point that politics of the day must become inclusive to a greater extent. Politics will need to include the views of strangers, opposition views.
Weak politics will strengthen democracy, AV is the first step ......
Well said John.
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