tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post5155377513124567643..comments2016-05-06T06:34:04.108+01:00Comments on Wouldn't It Be Scarier?: We Need A Campaign to Explain the London Mayor Voting SystemAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432543456476489561noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post-70379036351191911152008-04-18T11:30:00.000+01:002008-04-18T11:30:00.000+01:00Nick: I would love to be out leafletting right now...Nick: I would love to be out leafletting right now, unfortunately revision for my finals keeps me in Cambridge for now, where I hope to deliver some leaflets for local candidates.<BR/><BR/>But whilst I am heartened to hear that this is part of the London leaflets, I'm not convinced we can roll over and go back to sleep just yet. There are only so many people you can leaflet, and only so many of them are going to bother reading it, and only so many of them are going to trust the word of one party about how the voting system works when the other two are constantly telling them, implicitly, that it works a different way.<BR/><BR/>What I meant was some kind of effort by the candidates to draw the media's attention to the issue a bit more. A consciousness raising attempt, if you will.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432543456476489561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post-11758904146875534612008-04-18T10:06:00.000+01:002008-04-18T10:06:00.000+01:00Both the Livingstone and Johnson campaign have a v...Both the Livingstone and Johnson campaign have a vested interest in people not knowing how the electoral system works, as the best line both of them have is "Vote for me, because the other one is unacceptable". <BR/><BR/>The other issue is that the media is stuffed with arts graduates who are completely innumerate, and thus their poor little brains can't cope with actually working out how the system works and doing a decent job of explaining it to people.Matthew Huntbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796873.post-13002257975283801362008-04-18T09:23:00.000+01:002008-04-18T09:23:00.000+01:00Andy,Contact Andrew Reeves in Cowley Street and he...Andy,<BR/><BR/>Contact Andrew Reeves in Cowley Street and he will happily supply with the details of Liberal Democrats right across London who would be very grateful for your support in delivering leaflets in the capital. <BR/><BR/>They contain an excellent guide to the voting system:-)City Hall insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358936293812874687noreply@blogger.com