Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
We had a referendum on PR. A simple yes or no vote and the public voted against it. That's fair enough isn't it?

Or are the people who voted against it too stupid, like a lot on here say people who vote what they consider to be "the wrong way" are?

The Liberals were promised a referendum in the coalition government in return for supporting a bill. The got their referendum lost it, then threw their toys out of the pram and reneged on their promise. Is that the kind of people you would want supporting a party you voted for in a PR Government?
the referendum was not for PR but for the alternative system, which no-one really knew how it worked therefore it did not pass. If the Tories approved the PR vote, the public would have voted for it overwhelmingly. But both Labour and the Tories would lose their chance of absolute power if that happened, as neither party polls anywhere near 50%.