Tory hits out at vote system
A LEADING Tory has launched a furious attack on the proposed referendum on Alternative Voting and denounced the system as "unsatisfactory, un-British, and causing frustration and anger".
Edward Leigh, former chairman of the powerful public accounts committee, said it was insulting to the electorate to force this "confusing" system on them.
Writing in the parliamentary House Magazine, Mr Leigh said the type of AV to be proposed in the referendum was in use only in Papua New Guinea.
"This system is rare for the good reasons that it is complex and leaves minority parties completely unrepresented," he said.
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