The problem is where to draw the boundaries. Do you try to ensure that there is a balance between the numbers of 'traditional' Labour and Conservative wards, or produce a proportion of 'safe' seats, if so how many ? What happens if in a particular area somebody builds 4000 new homes and the demographic changes; you would have to continually redraw the boundaries to accommodate small changes in the numbers on the electoral roll.
I am thinking that a 'yes' is necessary, not because I want AV - I think we should go for STV, but because a NO vote now will shut the door on any future consideration of a proportional system. If there is a YES result then I think that it is the first step to a truly proportional system, where the parties actually have to learn to work together in a professional manner for the benefit of the country. If we get a NO then we are stuck with a system where less than 30% of the electorate will continue to produce unstoppable majorities and the Red-Blue pendulum will keep swinging.
Just signed the online petition. Anybody who can't be at the match, get on here and do likewise :
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/wchcsaveoceanward/
We seem to be going WAAAAY off topic :
http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2010/02/worlds-greatest-newspaper-wont-win.html
"the Express continues to call itself the 'World's Greatest Newspaper' on its masthead every day. Its circulation is collapsing, it serves up a daily diet of hate and lies and the complete lack of any nominations in these awards means it becomes increasingly hard to understand how they are allowed to make this obviously bogus claim."
Of 54 'suspects' identified by the Awaken Project in Blackpool between September 2010 and February 2011, 1 was Pakistani, 1 was 'Caribbean', 2 were Turkish, and the remaining 50 have been described as 'White'.
Just browsing YouTube and have come across Eluveitie - a touch of Death Metal with bagpipes, flute, fiddle, and hurdy gurdy. Weird, but strangely addictive.