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This. Electoral reform is one for after you've won an election and formed a government, not before.
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changing FTP to PR also makes it easier for the hard right to get into power
You've seen this current government, yeah?
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I agree, but arguably the Italian election also demonstrates the issue with adjusting electoral reform to try and exclude political outcomes rather than focusing on representation (vague term I know).
Italy have had loads of electoral reforms for decades and the latest change in 2017 was quite foolhardy in being motivated partly to penalise the Five Star Movement by favouring coalitions. This had the massively unfortunate effect of strengthening the vote of a right and far-right coalition.
I agree that just switching to a nominally more representative system can lead to shit outcomes, but guiding electoral reform on preferred political outcomes is very dangerous.
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Also - changing FTP to PR also makes it easier for the hard right to get into power as well as smaller left/green groups , as we’re seeing in Italy. I hate FTP but I don’t think electoral reform is going to automatically make things better.