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We didn't want AV. It was the least-worst system we could talk the Tories into voting for a referendum on. We wanted STV.

We also thought that AV would probably increase the number of pro-PR MPs and therefore increase the chances of getting actual PR later.




> We also thought that AV would probably increase the number of pro-PR MPs and therefore increase the chances of getting actual PR later.

Ahh I didn't think of it like this. I thought that AV would allow the Tories and Labour to say that we'd had electoral reform and that would be it for another 100 years... I'm hoping that the pressure will build against FPTP now - especially after the farce of an election we just had.

I do hope that we don't go full PR or even region based PR for the commons though (maybe for the Lords if it ever gets reformed?). Political parties already have enough power in deciding who gets to run. I don't want them controlling the list order as well. I want voters to control the list order with their ballots.




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