Day After Voting Day

A famous saying is that 'the only certainties in life are death and taxes', however another certainty is that my council will be under the conservatives.

Voting night was the usual special occassion with the odd giggle.

Firstly - I took a car to a customer after work and left my house keys in my other car at work. My family decided not to come home till 7.15pm so I ended up waiting in the pub next door for them to come home. Boy toy was there for a friend's birthday..... apparently because we hardly spoke to each other everyone seems to think we have split........ people, people.

Secondly - The local council election allows you to vote for up to 3 people so stepdad teased mother saying that he bet she had ticked all three......... the stupid fool had missed a vital candidate thinking there were only 2 possible options...... apparently if the counciller who writes our parish magazine doesn't get voted in then my stepfather is to blame. ha ha.

Thirdly - Voting day is special because it is the only night that stepdad buys lots of beer for us without moaning (he moaned a little when he only got 10p change out of a tenner for 3 pints). I decided to continue on in to the evening in the other pub which I had been in whilst waiting for the parental units to return home and let me in. Boy toy had left due to lack of funds however the birthday celebrations were still in flow. Birthday boy had far too much to drink, threw up in front of the bar then passed out in the toilets and had to be dragged in to a car by a rather strong lad......... I bet his head hurts today (even his other half told him to make his own way home after the shots started because 'he's always sick on shots'.

Must admit I am feeling the hurt of the 'bootleg' beer which my local serves.. the headaches are horrid.

Off to play a few rounds of Tiger Woods golf tonight with boy toy and finish the chapter on national identites and the other on Young Consumers for ED209. Not a totally lazy night.

Voting Day - NO to AV

Tonight is voting night which is a family thing in my household.

My stepfather is a firm believer that if you don't vote then you have no right to complain if things aren't good. This kind of actually fits in well with the ideas for DD101 TMA07.

Tonight we will be visiting the village hall to vote 'No' then off to the pub for the celebratory beer.

May 5th Referendum - Yes vs No

Thought a quick round up of the arguements for and against AV which we will have to decide on May 5th

First thing to note is that no voting system is perfect and we are not argueing as to whether the voting system should be changed but as to whether the AV system is the way to go. Currently Australia, Fuiji and Papa New Guinea have this system and Australia are trying to ditch it.

For:

More choice for voters

Limits tactical voting

Against:

Will have unfair result on marginal constituencies

A voter doesn't have to pick a 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc choice which will affect results

1st to 5th have same weighing which is the major flaw

The count could take up to 5 times longer

£250 million required to impliment which is excessive in our current economic situation however £100 million has already been spent on the referendum alone.

More complicated and therefore could put off more voters


I appreciate that this appears rather one sided but that is where my research lead.