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Re:UK Election: What difference would proportional represent... by Brakenshire on Saturday May 09, 2015 @09:08AM (#9516252)
The Yes campaign was somewhat naive and the No campaign played dirty. The new system was apparently going to cost £50m more per election, so they put up loads of posters showing children in incubators and soldiers wearing body armour, saying effectively 'these people will die if AV is introduced':

http://nicktyrone.com/sick-baby-billboard/

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Re:UK Election: What difference would proportional represent... by danieltillett on Saturday May 09, 2015 @09:17AM (#9516274)
I am surprised that the Yes campaign didn't suggest saving 10x as much by getting rid of all elections and asking the Queen to come back as an absolute monarch.

I guess we Australian can't be too smug as we voted no in a referendum in 1988 asking if we wanted freedom of religion. Apparently the FUD then was over funding for religious schools.

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