It will be our last chance to improve our democracy for many years if the No vote wins.
This is a very precious moment in our British democracy.
A chance to make some major improvements the large parties won't like.
It gives them less power to make sweeping changes which lead to havoc from ill thought out policies.
We are witnessingthe kind of result AV will produce: a Coalition that prevents sweeping changes taking place.
The excesses of Conservative policy are being reigned in by repeated compromises insisted on by the Liberals.
Yes the Liberals have been forced to ditch some of their policies, Clegg has had to 'break' promises but he is not in power. He is not in a position to keep them. His alternative is to sacrice the Coalition and precipitate an election at a time when this country needs stability to solve the economic crisis.
It is the Conservatives that are to some extent 'in control' but because the Liberals with MPs like Tim Farron have a strong say in policies, so that the Conservatives have been forced to abandon or seriously modify their policies.
AV leads to well debated , better thought out policies.
It's particularly important for thinking people to get out and vote as many less well informed won't both bother if there's nothing else to vote on as is the case in this area.
AV achieves the will of the majority. It prevents the excesses of Thatcher, Blair and all those with a large majority in Parliament.
It means that we can influence policy at any time - not just at elections.
With AV we can force a debate to take place before drastic policies are forced through.
AV brings a little sanity to politics.
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