Sentences with phrase «against av»

The No camp has to make the democratic case against AV and show how its introduction would further emaciate our democracy because it will.

The Deputy Prime Minister had an obvious reason to make it: his Party's seen by many voters as a captive of the Conservatives, and has consequently plummeted in the polls - which, furthermore, are turning against AV, the Liberal Democrat's main potential gain from coalition.

I'm quite surprised to read that Mr Miliband considers that voting against AV «to get back at Nick Clegg is a churlish way to conduct politics».

To vote against AV to get back at Nick Clegg is a churlish way to conduct politics.

It all started to go a little wrong when the Lib Dems felt let down by the way that the Tories campaigned against AV in the referendum.

We will also campaign against the AV referendum - this would make Clegg the kingmaker for evermore - getting full PR would allow a broader coalition to come to power, whilst AV would simply cement the centre - right into power for the forseeable future.

If he was against AV it was okay for them to be against it too.

The cost arguments against AV moved voters more than any of the other 33 messages that were tested.

The below letter from William Hague to fellow Conservatives, urging them to help the party ensure a vote against AV in the May 5 referendum, was leaked yesterday to Rupert Read.

Thornberry said she was against AV.

This week Conservative voters split overwhelmingly (76 % to 14 %) against AV, presumably as a result of David Cameron throwing the full weight of the Conservative machine behind the NO campaign.»

Tom Harris MP, a notable campaigner against AV, doesn't seem to have been engaged either.

Cameron's no choice but to campaign against AV: his backbenchers won't have it any other way and - as his climbdown on the»22 elections demonstrated - he's not in a position to gainsay them on fundamentals.

Below are a number of the arguments against AV.

But that of course is an argument against AV as a so - called «proportionate» voting system.

Margaret Beckett, former Labour foreign secretary, campaigned against AV with culture secretary Jeremy Hunt:

-- «The main argument against AV is that it can sometimes be more disproportional than FPTP.

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?

This followed an earlier impassioned post against AV a couple of months earlier.

Stuart Weir is fully entitled to make his impassioned plea against AV.

He's got 3g 2a so far against the Avs in the playoffs.

In the regular season series against the Avs, Sissons had 4g 2a +3 and 7 shots on goal.

The Predators have gone undefeated against the Avs two seasons in a row.

Not exact matches

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

Dating to the beginning of 2009 - 10, the Avs are 10 -1-1 in their last 12 games against the Devils overall.

He only played CF 10 times in the PL (if you want to check: 13/9/14 — 31/12/14 against Man C, AV, TH, Chelsea, Hull, S'land, Burnley, Swansea, Man U and S'ton) and was subbed in 4 of those.

The Rangers were «hard to play against» when AV first got here and they overwhelmed teams with4 good lines and a game that was quick — speed and decisions.

We just give up too much speed when they're together, particularly against a spritely team like the avs

He's the first Avs player with a hat trick and two or more assists in a game since Milan Hejduk on December 9, 2007 against St. Louis (3g, 3a in 9 - 5 win).

Since the 2012 - 13 season, the Kings are 6 -1-1 at home against Colorado, outscoring the Avs by a combined 21 - 12.

Second, I av nuthn against pep but honestly he's in 4 rude shock.

The Avs were 0 -3-1 against the Predators this season.

So two match - ups to watch for are: who does Avs coach Jared Bednar try to get the Soderberg line matched up against — JOFA or Turris?

However, I guess one might then anticipate greater support for the three current major parties to counter that, and the effect might be somewhat countered by using AV + and STV systems which can tend to reward more pluralist parties with broader support who can win transfers, as against non-preferential PR systems (like those in Scotland and Wales) which may be more prone to fragmentation.

What I don't really see is how the Labour party holding three pilots in this Parliament, or even selecting all of its candidates in some form of primary at the next election or the time after would make any really significant difference to arguments for or against first - past - the - post, the Alternative Vote, AV +, AMS, STV and various hybrids thereof.

He averred that even though nature is calm but it does not respect human beings and as such could be devastating in form of protest against unconscionable human activities.

The proposed AV v FPTP UK Referendum consists of a contrived, fabricated and simplistic bipolar choice of only two inadequate options set against unfit UK Electoral Law, unfit UK Electoral Registers and unfit UK Election Returning Officer negligible powers of cross-constituency scrutiny.

The campaigns for and against the alternative vote (AV) began today with a battle of the speeches between David Cameron and Nick Clegg.

The AV referendum could have gone against him which would have broken the monopoly of the two party system in the UK.

I will vote yes for AV, but only really because the Tories are against it.

Mr Huhne, who narrowly lost the leadership fight for the party against Mr Clegg, was a robust defender of Lib Dem policies in government, not least during the AV referendum, when he led the attack against Tory campaign tactics.

Crucially, the ComRes poll also found that among divided Labour supporters - who could decide the referendum as the Liberal Democrats are united for AV, while the Conservatives want to keep first - past - the - post - 61 % would vote against reform.

Mr Miliband expressed sympathy with those Lib Dems - including former leader Paddy Ashdown and business secretary Vince Cable - who were incensed by the tactics employed by the Conservatives against them during the AV referendum campaign.

Norman Baker, the Lib Dem MP, probably believes what he was briefed when he writes in the Sussex Express that «the clincher» against a Lib - Lab deal was «no abandonment of ID cards or the third runway at Heathrow and they were not prepared to agree to the Lib Dem pledge of lower taxes for poorer people and more crucially, no more than a referendum on AV».

Although Gordon Brown had stuck an AV referendum in the last manifesto, candidates never had to declare how they would vote, and when the moment arrived to show their hands half the parliamentary party turned out to be against.

First - past - the - post is prejudiced against idealism but AV lets us to pursue our beliefs without wasting our vote.

AV has the potential to exacerbate swings against an unpopular incumbent government or for a broadly popular alternative.

According to Sunder Katwala of the Fabian Society, the Yes to AV campaign is stressing a «people against the politicians» theme.

I felt, however, that the «whispering campaign» from those bearing personal grudges against me meant that my role in the 2010 General Election was limited (at some cost to the party) and I did not help the AV referendum campaign in any significant way.

Today Mr Prescott went one step further, by demanding Labour voters vote against the introduction of AV and treat the referendum as a vote on the coalition government.