Voters have a big choice to make on Thursday
The Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary spoke at a rally in London urging the country to vote ‘No’ on Thursday.
William Hague and Theresa May were joined by Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, John Healey; Labour Peer, Lord Boateng; Crossbench Peer, Lord Owen and double Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell at a No2AV rally in Westminster.
They warned that AV can be less fair than our current voting system as well as being less decisive and more expensive.
William Hague said:
“The most serious problem of all with AV is it that puts an end to the idea of equal votes and in doing so begins to undo two hundred years of British political progress. In the end, there is quite simply something not very British about AV.”
And he added, “One person, one vote. Those four short words have been an inspiration to millions upon millions. Our way of voting – first past the post – is all about that. That is why it has been used by more than two billion people across the world, by the world’s mightiest democracy, the United States of America, by the world’s biggest democracy, India, and by the Mother of All Parliaments – the Parliament of the United Kingdom.”
