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Steven, public opinion on PR has evolved over the 14 years since that referendum.  I think electoral reform is an essential component to renewing our democracy.  The only way voters can influence outcomes under FPTP is by tactical voting which often implies voting for a party you wouldn't normally vote for just to make sure the one you really don't want to see in power doesn't get there.  It shouldn't have to be that way.There is nothing wrong with coalition government per se.  We even had one back in 2010 to 2015, not that long ago and it worked well enough at the time.  And we have had minority government several times where the votes of one party are relied on to keep the largest party in power.  Eg the Tories relying on the Democratic Unionists when Theresa May was PM.  Talk about the tail wagging the dog!The current situation, where one party can get a third of the vote but two thirds of the seats, leaves any government open to accusations of not somehow being "legitimate".  And, putting the pros and cons of Reform to one side, the polls suggest they could do the same at the next election, gain power on a minority of the votes and introduce policies that a majority of the country never voted for. PR doesn't inevitably mean coalitions anyway, if one party gets over half the popular vote (see Scotland and the SNP, though they don't look likely to repeat that feat in next year's election).The idea of parties compromising in order to form a coalition sounds very sensible to me - the extremes tend not to make much headway in such circumstances and even in today's polarised world extremists of any persuasion still tend to be in the minority anyway.

Jonathan Callaway ● 3d