It's a miserable little compromise, but we should still vote Yes to AV.

The article presents the author's views on the Alternative Vote (AV) which will appear on the May 5, 2011 referendum in Great Britain. The discussion focuses on why the author prefers the AV to the existing first-past-the-post (FPTP) system and how opponents of AV have used negative campaigning to confuse the issue. Hypocrisy in the Conservative and Labour parties is discussed.