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Alternative Vote (AV) Referendum: David Cameron speech in Swansea; David Cameron speech SOT- Now of course there is another election coming up in May as well and that is the referendum on the Alternative Vote system. Now some people might think this is all a bit of a side-show from the big issues. But make no mistake, this is hugely important to our country and yes to our party too. The campaigners for the Alternative Vote will say it's fair, they'll say it's new politics and they'll say it's right for our times. But let us remind people what those same campaigners said about AV in the past. They admitted it would do nothing to re-build trust in politics. They called it a "miserable little compromise". They even said it is and I quote "a pure politicians' fix". I couldn't agree more. Because the truth is this. It is a system so undemocratic that your vote for a mainstream party counts once, while someone can support a fringe party like the BNP and get their vote counted several times. It's a system so obscure that it is only used by three countries in the whole world - Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. I'm not making it up, three countries in the whole world. Our system is used by half of the world. And it's a system so unfair that the candidates who come second or third can end up winning. Just think forward to the Olympics, Usain Bolt powers home in the hundred metres but when it comes to handing out the gold medals they give it to the person who comes third. You wouldn't do it in the Olympics we shouldn't do it in politics we've got to vote no to this crazy system. And anyone in any doubt I thought a good guide in life is well what would Winston Churchill have said? Well we know what he said because he said this about AV, "it's the most worthless votes go to the most worthless candidates." Thank you Winston; I couldn't have put it better myself.- So we have got an incredibly important few weeks coming up and again I need you to play your part. To get o...