I'm getting a bit tired of all these "If sporting events were decided under AV then..." arguments from the NO campaign.
Because election races aren't really athletics races. If they were, they wouldn't let men and women compete in the same elections. And they aren't really horse races either, because if they were, the Lib Dems have won Orkney and Shetland so many times they would have to be given a big handicap in the next contest. And they aren't really boxing matches, because if they were Cyril Smith would have been in a separate election all by himself.
And election races certainly aren't football matches. But if football competitions were decided on the first round, this is how the Premiership would have been decided this season:
Premier League table snapshot
As it stood on 14 Aug 2010 23:59 UK
Position Team P GD PTS
1 Chelsea 1 6 3
2 Blackpool 1 4 3
3 Aston Villa 1 3 3
4 Wolves 1 1 3
5 Blackburn 1 1 3
Like I said, I'm tired of these sporting comparisons.....
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All good points Chris. In particular I think your Premiership example is a thing of beauty. I think I'll be using that a lot over the remaining days til the referendum.
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