Steve has been writing
about AV and home cinema since the dawn of time, or more accurately, since the glory days of VHS and Betamax.
And don't get me started
about the AV rated lawyers whom I have had before me when on the hearing committees for our Disciplinary Board.
He is then asked
about the AV referendum and a possible election pact to fill the seat that was taken away from former immigration minister Phil Woolas.
The referendum isn't
about AV versus the perfect system so, instead of simply criticising the imperfections of AV, perhaps you would care to explain why FPTP serves the public better than AV does.
As the arguments
about AV and the coalition get increasingly heated over coming months, the mysteries of who said what during those few fascinating days may be worth a lot more examination.
The British people, largely undecided and uninformed
about AV, were open to arguments but the onus was always on the Yes campaign to make its case.
And I had, I think, good reason to be certain... A number of people had told me what was - what they thought was - going on, and conversations that were taking place
about AV without a referendum.»
In order to have a sensible debate
about AV, real examples need to be used, such as the case of Australia.
I accept your points (however, I am luke warm
about AV anyway) but I do not see what the actual * advantage * would be.
The prime minister came worryingly close to a «he - said - she - said» slanging match when he took to the airwaves a day later to insist that he distinctly remembered the deal being
about AV.
Most people remembered the deal being
about an AV referendum, which the Lib Dems inconveniently lost.
For me, thinking
about AV and electoral reform made me realise properly, for the first time, how much the voting system dictates how we go about our democratic politics — especially in relation to marginal constituencies or marginal wards.
Whilst the latest YouGov poll, in line with almost all other recent polls, shows Labour just ahead of the Tories (41 % to 40 %), with the LibDems trailing badly (at 7 %), the most worrying news is
about AV.
Public opinion
about the AV referendum is unpredictable because most people are not interested, a leading elections academic has said.
Read
about AV information schemes that are already up and running Link to Joint Statement Word 37 kb Link to Joint Statement PDF 5.1 MB
«Too often debates
about AV are less like political arguments, and more like scientific discussions, where people get lost in a language of proportionality and preferences, probabilities and possibilities.
«I had a number of people [who] had told me... what they thought was going on and conversations that were taking place
about AV without a referendum.»
It is slightly more difficult under AV than under FPTP, so if I had no other concerns
about AV, I'd support the change.
And you make an interesting point about both can produce at either end of the field — a point you have repeatedly made
about AV — the balance of attack and defence he provides.
I remember being on the verge of launching whatever was near at hand through my TV because the media types were going on and on
about the Avs» big three on D — Rob Blake, Ray Bourque, and Adam Foote — as if they were the greatest thing since sliced bread, with barely a word about Stevens, Niedermayer, and company on the Devils» blue line.
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about AVS UX Design guidelines HERE.
Not exact matches
The B61 is America's primary tactical nuclear weapon that can be carried by just
about all of the US military's attack aircraft, from Marine Corps
AV - 8B Harriers to the Air Force's B - 2 Spirit bombers.
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For every quote you give me
about this, that and the other thing, I can use the Bible to justify rap - e, mu - rder, sl -
av - ery, child abu - se, etc, etc, etc..
AV Ju 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities
about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
My temp I will be smoking them is
about 200 - 220
aver.
Because it gives its patrons so much freedom to choose, Genghis Grill works with
AVS, a firm based in Dallas, to learn exactly what they think
about their experiences in its locations.
Harry's wealth of knowledge
about the market, varietals, and production adds a great value to the
AV team and the possibilities of growth with our company and our clients.
Benteke is a better finisher, passer, and dribbler than Giroud and may even in this sh*t hold up play afc fans keep taking
about (Watch him against so called big teams)... regarding stats, Benteke plays for
AV for football sake, so he gets far less support and chances... Mind that I'm not criticizing and I'm not taking anything from Giroud improvement this season, it's plain comparison... Though, I want someone better than Benteke
AV definitely seems like the type of guy who farts in a crowded elevator and then gets angry when people aren't holding their noses and complaining
about the smell.
Ok so Aston Villa were the underdogs but look at the fuss made out of a possible disallowed penalty and free kick outside the area for
AV on the BBC, when Ozil was clearly brought down inside the penalty area, but didn't make a fuss
about it, got up and carried on, Bellerin was smacked by Agbonlahor with what looked like a forearm smash, or possibly an elbow in head and was down for a while, when the ball was on it's way, but hadn't even reached him and we weren't even allowed a replay by the BBC, let alone a comment on a possible penalty / free kick / yellow card.
I remember being so annoyed that they were even talking
about Brodeur's stick handling instead of talking
about the fact the
Avs just scored on him.
Off topic Am sorry to say buh I
av mixed feelings
about the return of ozil part of me is happy and the oda is worried cos personally, I prefer carzola to him as I think he I'd a better no 10 and I do nt want either of them on the wings.am confused
AV's plan was to teach these young kids the process he went through... grinding and thinking
about mistakes as you sat in the doghouse anytime you tried to be creative.
But then
about 90 seconds later, Blake Comeau tipped home a shot from Carl Soderberg to give the
Avs the lead again.
The
Avs are a dangerous power play team, as Bobby talked
about here, but they only managed one or two real scoring chances in power play time.
@Shambo, what did you think
about what was said at the clubs AGM (reaching the knock out phase of the CL is like winning silverware -
AV) When the fair play system comes into rule in 2/3 years the club will then be able to compete with the big 4 and challenge for the prem or champ league.
On the point
about legitimacy: I think you are being very optimistic in assuming that the Commons will continue to be seen as properly superior to the second chamber when the latter is elected on the basis of PR and the Commons is elected on the basis of
AV.
There are also suspicions that David Cameron used the idea to buy off Tory concerns
about a referendum on
AV.
Sunder, I think you are being overly optimistic
about the extent to which
AV would increase plurality in British politics.
Oba Adeoye
averred further, «That I know as a matter of fact that when he was
about to travel out of the country sometimes late 1990's, he disowned his father and started using the name Adeonigbagbe as his father's name.
He warned
about the dangers that ethnic chauvinism posed to the territorial integrity of the Russian state: «I am convinced that the attempts to preach the idea of a «national» or monoethnic Russian state contradict our thousand - year history,» he
averred, «this is a shortcut to destroying the Russian people and Russian statehood, and for that matter any viable, sovereign statehood on the planet» (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 2014).
So, in my opinion, we can't discuss
AV in the Commons without first deciding what we intend to do
about Lords reform.
Hopefully you can now accept that it's possible to have reasons in support of FPTP and against
AV that are logical, but display different preferences
about what kind of political system and culture we want than yours?
Re the
AV offer — I suspect Clegg allowed Cameron to think it was a possibility, and I also suspect Cameron didn't want to enquire too closely
about how possible it would be.
We have to get them positively encouraged
about the benefits of
AV itself, which are easily explained.
For example they talk
about far - reaching political reforms, but all they're offering is a referendum on
AV, which would go nowhere near far enough.
The commission
averred that out of the total sum,
about N23 billion was domiciled with Sterling Bank Plc, N9 billion with First Bank Plc and
about 5 million dollars with Access Bank Plc..
Despite my distaste for the LibDems, the main reason for non-party members, and those disillusioned with the LD's, to hope the
AV referendum passes is to bring
about an increased role for existing or new minor parties.
«The high rate of spoiled ballots and lower turnout in elections fought under
AV should trigger an alarm to those in the Labour movement who care
about democracy,» she said.