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It is much more impressive than mine, which I have just started  wwwafairdeal.blogspot.com\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI am surfing to learn.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eKeith"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/986333127903885540/comments/default/6567460556774097747"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/986333127903885540/comments/default/6567460556774097747"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-iain-dale-and-that-gay-comment.html?showComment\u003d1231450260000#c6567460556774097747","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"AFAIRWORLD"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08462845030800495736"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-iain-dale-and-that-gay-comment.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-986333127903885540","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/986333127903885540","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-656757633687578285"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-11T19:41:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-11-11T19:41:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nick is a Tory and thinks we're an irrelevance. Hi..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Nick is a Tory and thinks we're an irrelevance. 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It certainly has more brand recognition than a new one would have. It would be foolish to assume the media would indulge us in a rebranding and give us the publicity necessary to make it stick in the public mind. 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In a poll, you can simply say 42% thought this, 36% thought that and 10% thought something else."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8227581689545008877/comments/default/1947915802417059983"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8227581689545008877/comments/default/1947915802417059983"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-lib-dem-voice-polls.html?showComment\u003d1219938960000#c1947915802417059983","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Richard Gadsden"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/10545595590359552775"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-lib-dem-voice-polls.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8227581689545008877","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8227581689545008877","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-6707142306685071389"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-28T16:51:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-28T16:51:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It's preferential, but it's other feature is that ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It's preferential, but it's other feature is that it uses multi-member constituencies, which means that it is broadly proportional (obviously the more members in each constituency, the more proportional it becomes)."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8227581689545008877/comments/default/6707142306685071389"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8227581689545008877/comments/default/6707142306685071389"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-lib-dem-voice-polls.html?showComment\u003d1219938660000#c6707142306685071389","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"James Graham (Quaequam Blog!)"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00319089107820032874"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-lib-dem-voice-polls.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8227581689545008877","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8227581689545008877","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-5871669273840113510"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-28T16:43:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-28T16:43:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"aye, thats what I meant James, STV is preferential..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"aye, thats what I meant James, STV is preferential correct?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8227581689545008877/comments/default/5871669273840113510"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8227581689545008877/comments/default/5871669273840113510"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-lib-dem-voice-polls.html?showComment\u003d1219938180000#c5871669273840113510","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"thechristophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09472793975958304456"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01591919862336813421"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-lib-dem-voice-polls.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8227581689545008877","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8227581689545008877","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-6450233440757103301"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-28T16:22:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-28T16:22:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"You can't really do a poll on a PR basis and in an..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You can't really do a poll on a PR basis and in any case they pretty much already do that (e.g. 35% say X, 15% say Y, 10% say Z and 40% say U).\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eWhat they should be doing is polling using preferential voting, i.e. AV or Borda Count.  The latter is easier to calculate."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8227581689545008877/comments/default/6450233440757103301"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8227581689545008877/comments/default/6450233440757103301"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-lib-dem-voice-polls.html?showComment\u003d1219936920000#c6450233440757103301","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"James Graham (Quaequam Blog!)"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00319089107820032874"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-lib-dem-voice-polls.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8227581689545008877","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8227581689545008877","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-7462094175827200060"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-28T10:53:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-28T10:53:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The precedent here is the unilateral independence ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The precedent here is the unilateral independence of Kosovo, which was a grave mistake. But two wrongs don't make a right. Problem is, the accomplished fact cannot be rectified."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/7624674800070108261/comments/default/7462094175827200060"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/7624674800070108261/comments/default/7462094175827200060"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-georgia-russia-and-return-of.html?showComment\u003d1219917180000#c7462094175827200060","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cassandra"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-georgia-russia-and-return-of.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-7624674800070108261","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/7624674800070108261","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-5856510348055181653"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-28T10:48:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-28T10:48:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Having done it ourselves, it is hard to imagine a ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Having done it ourselves, it is hard to imagine a situation where we can.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eWe haven't done it ourselves! If this is in reference to Iraq please note that Saddam remained in violation of the cease-fire agreement pertaining to the Gulf War II for an extended period of time, and the Security Council did not act because France and Russia were on Saddam's oil-for-food pay roll. Stop the false equivalences! For those interested, I have a number of points that indicate  a Russian initiative in present matter instead of a 'Georgian provocation.'"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/7624674800070108261/comments/default/5856510348055181653"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/7624674800070108261/comments/default/5856510348055181653"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-georgia-russia-and-return-of.html?showComment\u003d1219916880000#c5856510348055181653","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cassandra"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-georgia-russia-and-return-of.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-7624674800070108261","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/7624674800070108261","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-7657580172791260056"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-25T09:40:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-25T09:40:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Perhaps, but I personally don't think it would hav..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Perhaps, but I personally don't think it would have had the impact it could have had if Parliament was still in session. Taunts at PMQ's and other MQ's and the usual media frenzy. Gordon Brown doesn't have to say anything about this by-election result if he doesn't want to. I think it might fizzle out, depends on if any major news stories break outside of politics. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eBy the time Edward Timpson had been sworn in, everyone had lost interest and that was only a short break, so its unlikely this will stick, not for a 3 month summer recess at least.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eWe shall see."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/6339884367777714540/comments/default/7657580172791260056"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/6339884367777714540/comments/default/7657580172791260056"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-labour-losing-glasgow-east-by.html?showComment\u003d1216975200000#c7657580172791260056","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"thechristophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09472793975958304456"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01591919862336813421"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-labour-losing-glasgow-east-by.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-6339884367777714540","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/6339884367777714540","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-467739430554549396"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-25T08:27:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-25T08:27:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Not sure abut your assessment here...is it not jus..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Not sure abut your assessment here...is it not just as likely that with Westminster off and silly season in full swing may make the impact all the greater.  There's no \"business as usual\" to get on with releasing statements and policieis and scoring small victories in the Commons, so opposition parties may be able to make even more hay with this?  \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eAlso, I don't know about a general election.  If opposition parties can make it stick right through summer it will be bad news for Gordon - with the victor in Glasgow East getting even more publicity when he finally takes up his seat in October or whenever - three months of open season on Gordon!  Also, there's trouble on the left - such as the Guardian article by Tony Woodley today.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eIf I were him I'd be worried about an old fashioned (not so old fashioned in Canada and New Zealand say) wipe out?  Judging by last autumn, Brown does not seem to play the tactical game very well."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/6339884367777714540/comments/default/467739430554549396"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/6339884367777714540/comments/default/467739430554549396"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-labour-losing-glasgow-east-by.html?showComment\u003d1216970820000#c467739430554549396","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jock Coats"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15550558005508328017"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-labour-losing-glasgow-east-by.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-6339884367777714540","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/6339884367777714540","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-7994837607092466933"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-11T00:21:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-11T00:21:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It is always the same: The big political groups wa..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It is always the same: The big political groups want to undermine political competition by reducing the effective chances of smaller parties to receive necessary funds for their political work. That is called: \"Big politics\"..."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/5435945085979440325/comments/default/7994837607092466933"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/5435945085979440325/comments/default/7994837607092466933"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-european-parliament-and-size-of.html?showComment\u003d1215732060000#c7994837607092466933","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Julien Frisch"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-european-parliament-and-size-of.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-5435945085979440325","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/5435945085979440325","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-2991525948285463210"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-09T16:29:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-09T16:29:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\"I am always wuick to point out that Al Gore won t..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\"I am always wuick to point out that Al Gore won the election and to ask the question what would the World be like if he had been made President.\"\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eIn what way did Gore win?  Two newspapers did a recount of the ballot papers a few months later and came to the conclusion that a recount would have produced an increased Bush majority.  Only if they were counted to a very strict criteria (not actually used or advocated by the Dems) did Gore win."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/2991525948285463210"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/2991525948285463210"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html?showComment\u003d1215617340000#c2991525948285463210","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Hywel"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16094171587140185827"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8609188898257464791","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8609188898257464791","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-7352955008726915815"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-08T21:46:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-08T21:46:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Well obviously we are better than Zimbabwe. But ne..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Well obviously we are better than Zimbabwe. But nearly as bad as what happened in Florida in 2000. I am always wuick to point out that Al Gore won the election and to ask the question what would the World be like if he had been made President. But I guess tht highlights how important it is to have effective counting systems. I hope this is sorted out quickly"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/7352955008726915815"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/7352955008726915815"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html?showComment\u003d1215549960000#c7352955008726915815","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Alasdair W"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/04380311147509564114"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8609188898257464791","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8609188898257464791","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8986547752298112852"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-02T13:22:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-02T13:22:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\"I dont need lectures thank you\"Actually, I think ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\"I dont need lectures thank you\"\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eActually, I think you do because that was an unbelievably crass statement, which you have since compounded.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eIt was you who invited comparisons with Zimbabwe, not me.  And now here you go again, drawing comparisons with Florida.  Yet unlike in Florida, we don't have a law which removes the right to vote from everyone with a criminal record.  We didn't pay a private company with the equivalent of GOP links to \"vet\" the register and remove anyone with a similar sounding name to someone with a criminal record (in black areas).  We didn't use ancient voting machines and dodgy ballot paper designs which fail to clearly distinguish between candidates.  All the votes were counted in three places, not dotted about in small offices in London.  It doesn't even begin to compare.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eThere are certainly things to be concerned about with e-counting and ORG are right to highlight them.  But the fact is that no-one disputed any of the results which they would have been legally entitled to do (admittedly only via a JR process).  For an election to have been stolen, someone has to be a victim.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eYou should also be mindful of the fact that counting by hand is as problematic, if not more so than counting electronically.  In the 1997 General Election the votes were counted three times, each time with wildly varying results, before the RO officially declared that Oaten had won by a majority of 2.  The main difference between e-counting and hand counting, which I think people often de-emphasise is that the discrepencies with e-counting are simply more apparent.  You could argue that, far from being a problem that represents an increase in transparency.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eWhenever people start exaggerating the myriad problems with ballot security in the UK my heart sinks because I can guarantee that it will make people, politicians in particular, complacent.  Bringing up Mugabe, or Florida, is the electoral equivalent of Godwin's Law."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/8986547752298112852"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/8986547752298112852"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html?showComment\u003d1215001320000#c8986547752298112852","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"James Graham (Quaequam Blog!)"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00319089107820032874"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8609188898257464791","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8609188898257464791","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-4933371909766317001"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-02T12:48:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-02T12:48:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"@ Will, Thanks for that, slight of mind, amended.@..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"@ Will, Thanks for that, slight of mind, amended.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003e@ James, always so angry, I know what is happening in Zimbabwe I dont need lectures thank you.\u003cBR/\u003e \u003cBR/\u003eThe government killing your spouse has very little to do with the way votes are counted. Parliamentary results were announced, granted not immediately, and unless my memory fails me the opposition secured control. Similarly when Presidential results were (finally) announced the MDC candidate received the most votes but (alledgedly) not enough to avoid a run-off.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eNone of this excuses the actions of Robert Mugabe, but that is not what this post is about.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI think you are conflating the situation on the ground (i.e. your spouse being killed) with the voting system which is what my post was about, where when it works (granted not this year) it appears to work. No postal votes go missing (because they don't have postal votes), people can't vote in serveral different constituencies as most students can in this country (the finger in ink process) and electronic counting machines don't count blank ballots etc. (because votes aren't counted by machines).\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eIf Britain did elect a President and the London problems were replicated nationwide, we would all be heading for a repeat of the 2000 US Presidential election, the result of which was of course decided by the US Supreme Court."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/4933371909766317001"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/4933371909766317001"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html?showComment\u003d1214999280000#c4933371909766317001","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"thechristophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09472793975958304456"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01591919862336813421"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8609188898257464791","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8609188898257464791","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-4262376674203565450"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-02T12:00:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-02T12:00:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\"This coupled with the serious fraud potential fro..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\"This coupled with the serious fraud potential from the postal vote system highlighted by the Joseph Rowntree Trust, can Britain claim it has a better voting system than Zimbabwe?\"\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eEr, yes, in that the government doesn't kill your spouse for supporting the wrong party and the Electoral Commission doesn't sit on the results for weeks on end if the \"wrong\" candidate gets elected.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eGet some perspective!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/4262376674203565450"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/4262376674203565450"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html?showComment\u003d1214996400000#c4262376674203565450","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"James Graham (Quaequam Blog!)"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00319089107820032874"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8609188898257464791","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8609188898257464791","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-4543258563805996879"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-02T11:24:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-02T11:24:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thanks for drawing attention to this. It was elect..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thanks for drawing attention to this. It was electronic counting rather than electronic counting though."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/4543258563805996879"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/8609188898257464791/comments/default/4543258563805996879"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html?showComment\u003d1214994240000#c4543258563805996879","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Will"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16601412568605883396"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-vote-fraud.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8609188898257464791","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/8609188898257464791","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-8679584567177421083"},"published":{"$t":"2008-07-01T15:45:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-01T15:45:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"That green party woman didn't do herself any favou..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"That green party woman didn't do herself any favours trying to hide like that did she. I can't believe they could get away with knowingly doing something so wrong. It's terrible, not to mention the suppression of the press at the end there!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/7643155515377731115/comments/default/8679584567177421083"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/7643155515377731115/comments/default/8679584567177421083"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-meps-expenses.html?showComment\u003d1214923500000#c8679584567177421083","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"jackw85"},"uri":{"$t":"http://jackw85.livejournal.com/"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://onlibertynow.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-meps-expenses.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209521165997992135.post-7643155515377731115","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1209521165997992135/posts/default/7643155515377731115","type":"text/html"}}]}});