tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174365426491035419.post8529961619806523071..comments2023-12-29T19:36:37.539+00:00Comments on peezedtee: The cutspeezedteehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08280444890826046800noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174365426491035419.post-82004255445039604622010-10-21T19:48:37.093+01:002010-10-21T19:48:37.093+01:00A mutual acquaintance of ours says that the CSR is...A mutual acquaintance of ours says that the CSR is a price worth paying for the Preferential Voting referendum.<br /><br />In fact, he says, true Liberal/Liberal Democrats will accept *anything* and *everything* that the Tories can inflict, as PV is more important than anything else.<br /><br />He even accepts the destruction of the BBC - a price that the LDP will pay for PV.<br /><br />I say that the Liberals have, by cheer-leading for these evil cuts, guaranteed that the referendum will fail - it will be seen as a referendum on the Liberals, not on the voting system. People are like that.<br /><br />The referendum will therefore return a "no" and boot the debate into touch for another generation.<br /><br />My own feeling on this is that, whilst I won't bring myself to vote no, my previous plan to campaign in favour is non-operative. I don't think British democracy is mature enough for voting reform. Certainly not when it turns out we have one notionally left wing party and two very right wing parties.<br /><br />The LDP appear to be the German FDP in disguise.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992989840233745094noreply@blogger.com