Is your Cat confused about the referendum on the alternative vote on the 5th May?

Are you unsure about how to vote on the 5th May? Confused about AV, the Alternative Vote, and First Past the Post? Think about how your cat must feel! This video addresses the issue in a cat friendly manner!

Here is an A-Z of responses to No campaign lies: http://bit.ly/eZzmuX

Reform Cat also now has his own facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/ReformCat
T-shirts, with vote meow in front and METAPHOR in back: http://bit.ly/jzSJii

Screenshots for Battle Cat and Reform Cat supporters:
REFORM CAT: http://i.imgur.com/vy0Ex.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KAvYx.jpg
BATTLE CAT: http://i.imgur.com/7UxRD.jpg
CAN HAZ VOTE KITTEH http://i.imgur.com/XtqZ4.jpg

A Cat watches the video: http://tinyurl.com/63qnay5

Created by Chris Rowe Chris@midnightcrow.co.uk
Based on concepts by Daniel Henry and Mevan Babakar

The amazing cats are from the green screen cat challenge from SMPInteractives at: http://youtu.be/NWjzziN9VTw


*** DISCLAIMER *** This video is not insinuating that Dog owners are more likely to vote no, nor that dogs are inherently right wing. The video was simply made by cats, for cats, and is thus somewhat biased towards doggies. If you wish, simply substitute cat for whatever you own favourite animal may be :)

Thanks to Andrew Kramer for his awesome graph tutorial at http://www.videocopilot.net

The Very first frame is from Monty Python's Confuse-a-Cat sketch. http://youtu.be/B2Je1CEPkUM Well done if you got that reference ;)

Official campaign: http://www.yestofairervotes.org.uk
Unofficial campaign: http://www.facebook.com/av5may
Awesome stuff made by supporters: http://www.youtube.com/thepeoplesayyes

(Battle Cat is a copyright and/or trademark of Mattel and Classic Media)

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[neilan15]

So none of the cats voted for the dog party at all? That makes this fascinating video a false dichotomy, thanks.

[midnightcrow]

@neilan15 The cats vote for cats and the dogs vote for dogs. There are as many dog parties as cat parties but the dog candidate in this video represents the OVERALL dog vote. The cats wouldn't vote for a dog any more than a socialist would vote for a fascist

[midnightcrow]

Remember, REFORM CAT is on facebook: (delete spaces) facebook.com / ReformCat

[meesterlowe]

Unfortunately, it turned out that it wasn't cats who were eligible to vote but in fact sheep.

[NowhereBeats]

I wasn't allowed to vote becasue I was on holiday

[thebrokenladder]

Utterly false to claim that IRV (aka Alternative Vote) does away with the need to vote tactically. Check out the Electology web site for statistical proof.

[capefeather]

How sad it is that this didn't pass. A brief look at the NO2AV channel shows that they only have misdirection and pseudo-moral objections to offer to confused voters. They say votes are wasted, but votes are ALREADY wasted with FPTP. Seriously, FPTP has ALL of the flaws that IRV/AV has.

[Treblaine]

So AV id great because it got Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Ed Miliband elected to leaders of their party?

AV isn't looking too good. Either that or each part is full of even worse twats than all of those.

[JezSpice]

Still kind of fed up that my postcode and where I live decides who I vote for. A Labour voter in a very safe Conservative seat- is not fun.

[bbmonkey14]

Why do I get the impression that the whole cat and dog metaphor was just so they could say 'the country will go to the dogs.'?

[LoneDragoon90]

I hate Clegg. And I STILL say this should have passed the referendum. Yes, I'm butthurt. Yes, I live in a safe seat. It could have worked.

[MrMassivechinjammo]

I really really hope i don't use the example of 'cats' in my exam tomorrow - very helpful though!

[killerkityisbackman]

battle cat for pm xD

[bbmonkey14]

This is possilby the best thing that I have done in revising for my exam in January.