Sentences with phrase «support av»

«The question on the ballot paper was «Do you support AV?»

Ed Miliband said he would support the AV voting referendum next May and the Daily Politics moodbox has been testing the views of delegates at the Labour conference.

During the course of the AV referendum campaign over the last couple of months, numerous supporters of the Yes campaign have variously claimed that polls which give a cursory explanation of the system before asking the voter whether they support AV - which have generally shown larger numbers opposing the change - are a «complete misrepresentation», «loaded» or «flawed».

Ed Miliband said he would support the AV voting referendum next May and the Daily Politics mood box has been testing the views of delegates at the Labour conference.

And that's a good reason why we shouldn't support AV.

I support AV but I'm not about to get particularly excited by it.

PS Not that that's a reason not to support AV, which I do whole - heartedly and am glad to see that you do too!

Essential reading Antony Hook: Lib Dem should support AV (and Tories should stop lying) Jon Worth: Gordon Brown and AV — no, not now Gordon Mark Reckons: AV is not proportional!

Who is going to support AV when most Conservatives want to retain FPTP and most progressives want STV or AV +?

I would support AV +.

Had the voters supported AV, I would have withdrawn this amendment.

«If Baroness Warsi thinks that AV will benefit fascism she has to explain why the BNP wants to stick with what we have and Operation Black Vote supports AV,» Mr Huhne said.

Labour voters, who our polls initially showed supporting AV, now back First Past the Post by 46 % to 34 %.

Several senior Lib Dems — notably Lembit Opik and Simon Hughes — are opponents of proportional representation, while supporting AV.

45 % supported AV, 45 % opposed it.

He even pondered going further by supporting AV in the referendum on electoral change.

Supporting AV Earlier this year, Brown put forward proposals for a referendum to introduce alternative vote (AV) as a way of choosing MPs.

The «news» that a referendum with more options would be preferable is hardly news at all, and to a degree risks obscuring this reason for supporting AV.

Including audio / visual with an iBookstore version but not the Kindle version also creates an obligation in the minds of readers that when KF8 (or KF9) supports AV, a publisher must add it, resulting in more trouble and expense.

• Model number: PCH - 1000 series • CPU: ARM ® Cortex ™ - A9 core (4 core) • GPU: SGX543MP4 + • Main memory: 512 MB • VRAM: 128 MB • External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5 mm (width x height x depth)(tentative, excludes largest projection) • Weight Approx: 279g (3G / Wi - Fi model), 260g (Wi - Fi model) • Screen: 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED, Multi touch screen (capacitive type) • Rear touch pad: Multi touch pad (capacitive type) • Cameras: Front camera, Rear camera; Frame rate: [email protected] × 240 (QVGA), [email protected] × 480 (VGA); Resolution: Up to 640 × 480 (VGA) • Sound: Built - in stereo speakers, built - in microphone • Sensors: Six - axis motion sensing system (three - axis gyroscope, three - axis accelerometer), Threeaxis electronic compass • Location: Built - in GPS (3G / Wi - Fi model only), Wi - Fi location service support • Keys / Switches: PS button, power button, directional buttons (Up / Down / Right / Left), action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), shoulder buttons (Right / Left), right stick, left stick, START button, SELECT button, volume buttons (+ / --RRB- • Wireless communications: Mobile network connectivity (3G / Wi - Fi model only), 3G modem (data communication): HSDPA / HSUPA * specification for Japanese region, IEEE 802.11 b / g / n (n = 1 × 1)(Wi - Fi)(Infrastructure mode / Ad - hoc mode), Bluetooth ® 2.1 + EDR (A2DP / AVRCP / HSP) • Slots / Ports: PlayStation ® Vita card slot, memory card slot, SIM card slot (3G / Wi - Fi model only), multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In], Serial data communication), headset jack (Stereo mini jack)(for Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In]-RRB-, accessory port • Power: Built - In Lithium - ion Battery: DC3.7 V 2200mA, AC adaptor: DC 5V • Operating environment temperature: 5 - 35 degrees Celsius • Supported AV content format: Music — MP3 MPEG - 1 / 2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG - 4 AAC), WAVE (Linear PCM).

We've been harking on about Dolby Atmos and extra height channels in a surround sound setup for a while now, but you've really only been able to replicate the more immersive experience at home for yourself if you had a supported AV receiver.

Not exact matches

My executive order supports safe testing and operation of AVs on our public roadways and enables organizations developing AV equipment and technology.

The demo took place on a stage in a meeting room, supported by a cracker jack AV team, for the hour just before lunch, so I didn't want to prepare anything sweet or that would conflict with their tasty vegan bento boxes from Kotobuki on Colley Avenue in Norfolk.

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

If Hill returned punts and had a higher AV than Savage, you'd support him as being a better QB, when in reality he has done nothing to demonstrate that...

As things stand Labour, which campaigned at the election on holding a referendum on AV, is not going to support the bill because of what it sees as gerrymandering.

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.

Clegg claimed on Monday that Lords reform was the Tory offering in exchange for Liberal Democrat support over the constituency boundaries review, but Cameron is now insisting the actual deal was over the AV referendum.

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?

Well said giro, if the Labour Party wholeheartedly supported the referendum and introduced an amendment to add the option for AV + or STV, they would gain greatly from a strategic perspective: 1) It would put them firmly into the spotlight as the progressive party.

It is slightly more difficult under AV than under FPTP, so if I had no other concerns about AV, I'd support the change.

Other issues of support for fuller PR than AV, or legislating for AV before a referendum so it would be the system if the government collapsed before the referendum were much more difficult.

Though Labour remained officially neutral, he in a personal capacity supported the ultimately unsuccessful «Yes to AV» campaign in the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May 2011, saying that it would benefit Britain's «progressive majority».

Leaving aside some MPs who support it out of self - interest (because they think it would benefit their party, or because AV would enable them to claim majority support from their constituents — Peter Hain is an obvious example) hardly anyone would actually pick AV as the best system if they had a free choice in the matter.

3) AV itself — most AV «supporters» don't really support it.

Political scientists such as Danielle Resnick, Nic Cheeseman and Miles Larmer aver that Sata won by using a combination of populist messages which appealed to cross-ethnic, poor, urban voters with ethnically - motivated support in rural Bemba - speaking areas.

And BNP voters, who both sides have claimed back the other campaign, are backing AV even though Nick Griffin supports first - past - the - post.

«Nick Griffin knows that AV will make it harder for extremist parties to win because they can not get the support of a majority of their constituents.

U av never supported anything good in ur life let's see where u will end ur lifetime.

The Education Secretary has been reported as being «undecided» about whether or not to support replacing first - past - the - post with AV.

«Not content with pronouncing AV dead for years to come following the decisive «no» in the AV referendum, some members of the Tory right have made a point of flexing their muscles over their continued support for First - Past - the - Post.

Although it is not regarded as truly proportional by campaigners for electoral reform, AV is favoured by some because it maintains the constituency link, ensures elected MPs have the support of at least 50 per cent of voters and allows supporters of minority parties to express opinion through their first vote while giving their second preference to a mainstream party.

«Why are Yes to AV ashamed to have the support of Benjamin Zephaniah in places like Cornwall and Hampshire?»

Further senior Labour figures came out in support of No to AV today, including shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy.

«AV could see candidates pandering to extremist voters - because to win a seat they will need to win the support of people whose first choices have already been eliminated,» she said in an article for the Sun.

Akinsanya also averred that same was supported by a statement of her net worth, legal mortgage of two properties worth N135 bn, and a power of Attorney of the tanker vessel in favour of Sterling Bank.

Vote Leave points to a broader swathe of parliamentary support and is being run by Matthew Elliott, who masterminded the No to AV campaign, and Dominic Cummings, an abrasive former special adviser to Michael Gove who left government after falling foul of Nick Clegg.

In an affidavit in support of the suit deposed to by a staff of Sterling Bank, Mr Segun Akinsanya, the bank averred that on Oct. 8, 2012, it granted a lease / Cabotage Vessel Finance Facility (CVFF) to Sea Petroleum and Gas Company.

Aregbesola averred that the emblem being launched is a reminder of their service and sacrifice hence an obligation on Nigerians to support them.

As you note, if the bill is split both parts will be passed since the Labour support for AV would counteract the crusty - Tory opposition to AV; and the cuts in MPs part will be carried by the 80 strong majority.