As we all know, the vote on AV starts tomorrow. I still feel fairly cynical about it, but I was watching a debate about it last night, and I realised something interesting: av forces people to think about who they want to vote for, instead of voting as they always have. it asks people to think, which is why the Tories fear it: if people start thinking, they might think about the Tories and realise what a bunch of arrogant, narrow-minded schmucks they actually are. In other words, it forces people to become more engaged with politics, rather than putting a cross in the box they always do. This means that the Tories won’t be able to rely on safe seats, which is why they’re so anti-av: it will break their grip on British politics, and they’ll become one of many parties. That’s why they want us to vote no: they’re scared of losing their grip over us all. Their motives in this referendum are entirely self-motivated: they fear true democracy, favouring the dominance of the rich over the poor – their dominance – by whatever means.