I'm not sure that making assumptions about peoples preferences is a good argument
I believe change could be good for the voting system, but AV isn't it. AV promotes mediocity over greatness, caution over decisive action and inoffensiveness over interest.

the best argument I can think of against is the disaster that having Ed miliband instead of David has been and will continue to be for Labour.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:36, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

It's terrible that you associate being able to get over half the people voting to positively aceed to your views with you with mediocrity and inoffensiveness.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:40, Reply)

As you've siad yourself up there
many people may have a second choice, but a third, forth or even fifth? People will simply put a cross by anyone who the don't not like, therefore by running your campaign on non contraversial subjects you can win. Mediocre.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:43, Reply)

You don't need to give a third or fourth preference, or even a second if you don't want to
Did you not know that?
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:52, Reply)

labour is its own disaster though
every labour government we've had has ended up in an economic black hole, and the last shower of self-interested lying deceitful cunts was no exception.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:49, Reply)