So, in the end, I didn't vote. I couldn't get sufficiently worked up about either AV or FPTP to wish to either keep one or move to the other. I remember reading an in-depth article in the New Scientist some time ago which analysed a number of different democratic voting systems (including these two) and came to the conclusion that none of them were without their flaws and peculiarities. Not least of course is that, chances are, you'll get the usual shower of shite in power whatever you do.
The campaigning from both sides lived well down to expectations too, which didn't encourage me to make any special effort.
What I think would be a winner is some kind of “golden ticket” arrangement whereby at every election one lucky voter would get to choose a candidate to be shot in the face and dumped at sea. Now tell me you'd pass that chance up.
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