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Vote for AV to end Tory dominance – Vince Cable
April 22, 2011 12:15 PM
• [Apr 23] Allegra Stratton writes: VINCE Cable today calls for a "progressive majority" of Labour and Liberal Democrat voters to join together and say yes to the alternative vote to prevent the next century being like the last one and "dominated by Tory governments".
In a marked escalation of Lib Dem language about their coalition partners in the runup to the AV referendum on 5 May, and talking for the first time about the effect a yes vote could have on the next general election, the business secretary explicitly raises the prospect of an anti-Conservative coalition victory in an effort to boost the Yes to AV campaign and shore up Lib Dem support in the local elections.
. . After breaking down voting intention by party, most analysts believe the support of Labour voters - nearly evenly split - will be crucial to whether the change to the voting system goes through. Asked if things can be the same again after May, Cable said: "If normal is working in a professional and businesslike way to deliver an agreed agenda then we can, but that doesn't mean ideological alignment or an absence of policy disagreement and I am not into lovey-dovey stuff either."
• Vote for AV to end Tory dominance - Vince Cable [Guardian Apr 23]
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