Labour Yes

Today Conservative Home exclusively revealed that seven Conservative MPs and two unsuccessful candidates from the 2010 General Election have joined the NOtoAV campaign as official spokes people. As written on ConHome:

They can be expected to play a leading role during the forthconing referendum in highlighting the message of why people should vote against changing our electoral system both in the media and in debates taking place up and down the country.

In fact, George Eustice one of the names listed as a spokesman for the NOtoAV campaign, conceded on Newsnight that AV would cost the Tories seats.

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It came as no surprise to anyone that today Prime Minister David Cameron came out in support of the No2AV campaign.

“Cameron and the Tories have always been against voting reform—and have quickly forgotten the lessons of the expenses scandal. The Alternative Vote (AV) would give more power to the public and make MPs more accountable. On this as on so much else, now they’re in Government we can see they’re the same old Tories,” Ben Bradshaw MP campaign spokesperson for Labour Yes said today. (more…)

Yesterday’s news that U.S. President Barack Obama will be visiting the UK at the end of May, means that there is a strong chance that, by then, he will be visiting a country that has just taken the historic step of endorsing democratic change to the way we elect our political representatives. (more…)