AV probably won't make much difference in all honesty. Its not much "fairer" than FPTP. I'm not sure it makes that much difference to likelihood of coalition governments, and it doesn't stop General Elections being decided by a couple of hundred thousand people in specific constituencies. But it opens up the possibility of a referendum on STV for next election. Which is a better system all round. Especially if there's a multi-member version being promoted.
I don't have a problem with more coalitions. I suspect part of the problem is that we haven't had a formal one for decades, so no-one remembers how to do it properly. Plus while the LibDems haven't been quite so vocal about which policies are theirs, which ones the Tories, and which ones they've managed to tone down, as I'd like I think things are better than they would have been without their moderating influence. Possibly.
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Date: 2011-01-10 01:33 pm (UTC)I don't have a problem with more coalitions. I suspect part of the problem is that we haven't had a formal one for decades, so no-one remembers how to do it properly. Plus while the LibDems haven't been quite so vocal about which policies are theirs, which ones the Tories, and which ones they've managed to tone down, as I'd like I think things are better than they would have been without their moderating influence. Possibly.