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.
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.