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The LibDems got totally stitched up by the Tories in that coalition, such was there desperation to be in power.
A change of voting system should have been their absolute minimum criteria. To agree to let it go to a referendum was naive and showed their inexperience, and, you could argue, was the event that gave Cameron the idea to offer one on EU membership as it was a non-event with very low turnout.
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The AV referndum was also where Cummings and others first dipped their toes in targeted misinformation. AV will kill babies for example.
The Lib Dems really have so much to answer for
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and, you could argue, was the event that gave Cameron the idea to offer one on EU membership as it was a non-event with very low turnout
Absolutely right - Cameron himself said as much in the recent BBC doc. Two "successes" (AV and Scotland) emboldened him for the big one.
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NickCJ
Re the coalition - that is exactly my point that it will take a long while for politicians to work out how to effectively work in coalitions. But even at the start, IMO it'll be better and fairer than what we have now.