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Pirate Party UK – 5 years old today
About four years ago I blogged about my first year as a member of the Pirate Party. Two years ago I blogged about the three year anniversary of the founding of the Pirate Party. As I seem to be in the habit of blogging odd-numbered anniversaries, it is that time again! Today the Pirate Party…
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Pirates and Protecting Personal Privacy (a response)
As one of the Pirate Party members present for the excellent DEAPPG meeting (thank you!), I’ll try and respond to some of your comments Eric. I will emphasise however that my comments do not necessarily represent anyone else in the Party nor the Party itself 😀 I’m glad you were intrigued by us. I am…
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FPTP, AV, and PR
Yesterday saw the announcement of details of the coalition government’s plan for a voting reform referendum. As suspected true proportional representation (PR) isn’t on the table. Instead the choice is between the current first past the post (FPTP) system and the proposed alternative vote (AV) system. What is FPTP? This is relatively simple, and is…