I must admit I have not quite made my mind up about the forthcoming referendum on the voting system. To be honest I haven’t written anything about it on here until know because it is not a topic that catches my imagination. I’m quite sure I’m not alone in thinking this: I suspect most of the country thinks it’s a tedious waste of time. It’s not as if I don’t understand the choice before us – we have to chose between the firs past the post system, which is tried, tested, and simple, but isn’t without it’s faults, and the alternative vote system, which is a bit more complicated but produces results more representative on the views of the people. if I can, in the event, actually be bothered to go and vote – which, this election, is by no means certain – I think I’ll vote for AV. We probably do need a change. Whatever we decide, though, I suppose it will hurt one member of the coalition, which if you ask me can only be a good thing. Al in all, then, if I’m brutally honest, I suppose the biggest reason to vote for AV is to hurt the Tories. I know it’s negative, but it’s true. On the other hand, if we fail to adopt AV, the Lib dems might well fracture leaving the coalition in tatters. Thus there are possible benefits either way. Perhaps that’s whhy I’m so uninterested: this referrendum is a bit of a poison chalace for the coalition: whichever way we vote, the opposition can potentially benefit.