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Coogan and Vorderman back Liberal Democrats' electoral reform pledge (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Actor Steve Coogan and presenter Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat pledges to reform how the UK's general elections are run.

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[–] frazorth 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not, but I don't live in the UK.

[–] frazorth 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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