▲ 40 ▼ Coogan and Vorderman back Liberal Democrats' electoral reform pledge (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments Actor Steve Coogan and presenter Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat pledges to reform how the UK's general elections are run.
[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You must be young. The tactics that were played out with Brexit, all the false adverts and claims were first played out with the Voting Reform. There were things like This child needs a ventilator, not a different form of voting And This soldier needs a bullet proof vest, not a different form of voting They were literally claiming that if you voted for AV, then you are killing babies and our military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not, but I don't live in the UK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frazorth@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* Then it seems odd that you would make those claims. We had a referendum, and the No2AV group did some awful billboards. It's no surprise that the group went on to repeat the same crap about the EU. Here is a link to complaints at the time about the distasteful adverts. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/25/no-to-alternative-vote-baby-ad permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not, but I don't live in the UK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frazorth@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* Then it seems odd that you would make those claims. We had a referendum, and the No2AV group did some awful billboards. It's no surprise that the group went on to repeat the same crap about the EU. Here is a link to complaints at the time about the distasteful adverts. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/25/no-to-alternative-vote-baby-ad permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* Then it seems odd that you would make those claims. We had a referendum, and the No2AV group did some awful billboards. It's no surprise that the group went on to repeat the same crap about the EU. Here is a link to complaints at the time about the distasteful adverts. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/25/no-to-alternative-vote-baby-ad permalink fedilink source parent