Jon Snow
What the AV debate tells us about the condition of UK politics
Will the debate over whether to adopt AV stimulate the malaise surrounding interest in politics, asks Jon Snow.
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Cameron Clegg divide deepens over intern schemes
David Cameron says that he does give out internships to friends and supporters and will continue to do so, distancing himself from Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg’s criticism of such behaviour.
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Jon Snow
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Get used to more coalitions. Just don’t blame it on AV…
David Cameron thinks landslide elections like the one that brought Tony Blair to power might become a thing of the past under the Alternative Vote system. Is he right?
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AV referendum: Why you should vote No
As the campaigns for and against a switch to the Alternative Vote step up a gear for the 5 May referendum, the former Home Secretary and now Labour Peer, John Reid, makes the case for a No vote.
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Alternative vote campaigns intensify
The increasingly bitter political battle over voting reform will shift up a gear on Monday as the country’s most senior politicians go head-to-head in a last-ditch push for votes.
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Political heavyweights do battle over AV vote
Former home secretaries John Reid and Alan Johnson go head-to-head on Channel 4 News ahead of the referendum on AV, as an expert panel analyses the “Yes” and “No” campaigns.
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AV referendum: Why you should vote Yes
As the campaigns for and against a switch to the Alternative Vote gear up for the 5 May referendum, Jonathan Bartley – Vice Chair of the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign – makes the case for a Yes vote.
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AV vote will not break the Coalition, insists Cameron
David Cameron insists the referendum on the AV voting system will not break the Coalition, as Lib Dem blogger Mark Pack tells Channel 4 News the “No” campaigners have “sunk to desperate tactics”.
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FactCheck: Would AV help or hinder the BNP?
The claim “BNP say no because they know AV will hurt them.” – Yes to Fairer Votes, April 13, 2011 The background The No to AV campaign argues that extremists such as the British National Party, the National Front and the British Union of Fascists would flourish under an AV voting system.
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The winners and losers of a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote on AV
Political commentator Peter McHugh looks at how all three leaders could fare if the AV referendum goes one way, or the other.
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Tories ‘have nothing to fear from AV’
An exclusive YouGov poll for Channel 4 News has challenged assumptions about the effect on the electoral fortunes of all three main political parties of adopting the Alternative Vote system.
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Gary Gibbon
AV not the saviour for the Lib Dems
Despite Lib Dem hopes the advent of AV may not have as positive an impact on their political future with one analyst predicting a “total wipe out” of the party from the Welsh assembly
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Alternative Vote: Your questions answered
As the Electoral Commission sends out almost 28 million information leaflets to improve public awareness about the 5 May referendum, Channel 4 News presents a Q and A on AV.
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Gary Gibbon
Alternative vote – alternative Government?
The Yes to the Alternative Vote campaign gathers on a stage – Gary Gibbon was there.
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Ed Miliband’s AV myth-busting falls short
The claim “Let me at this point deal with some of the anti-AV myths that have been spread by those opposed to change: – That it leads to more coalitions…there is no evidence that AV results in more coalitions – That AV is complicated – That a yes vote will be seen as a vindication of Nick Clegg Ed Miliband, Labour Leader, speech to the Labour Yes to AV campaign, March 16, 2011
