Is Your Cat Confused by AV?

While there was a wedding of some apparent note yesterday on the island where I work and usually live, more interesting are the series of elections on May 5.  These include local elections, both the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, and the second ever UK-wide referendum.  As most here know, the latter is on whether or not the UK should scrap the FPTP electoral system for elections to the Westminster Parliament, and adopt the Alternative Vote.

It’s almost certain to lose.  It’s easy to understand why.  The Tories are dead-set against, Labour is deeply divided, with only the Liberal Democrats in strong support.  Of course, the ranks of Liberal Democrats is considerably smaller than it was just a year ago.  While I’ve been quite occupied with a variety of work-related shenanigans the past couple of weeks, I’ll have more to say about this in the nest few days.

For now, I leave you with this pithy guide:

h/t Chris Terry at Britain Votes.