Letter: Tory Yes to AV

COVERAGE suggesting most if not all Conservatives will vote "no" in the Alternative Voting system in the referendum is misleading.

I am a Conservative and I will vote "yes". So will many others. Decades of first-past-the-post has brought home again and again how unfair the system is. All too often my vote has been wasted.

It is possible in some constituencies the majority would prefer to elect Mickey Mouse rather than a Conservative. So be it. This would be a fairer outcome than being foisted with a candidate the majority loathed.

I hope all moderate, old-fashioned Conservatives like me will vote for change on 5 May.

David Campbell

Nungate Gardens

Haddington