On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not a UK politics expert, but it seems this is a minimal concession, of > the sort one would see in negotiation.
Also, since the concession was for a referendum not the actual policy, it isn't even a 100% concession. Ironically, it allows the Conservative to say that even those arguing for a Yes, don't really want IRV, even though the Conservatives are the reason that PR isn't being offered. However, if it passes, it will strengthen the Liberal Democrats in all future elections. This might lead to them dropping PR as a policy objective, since IRV gives them a boost while PR will support all parties. There was also a suggestion of having PR for the House of Lords, not sure what happened to that. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
