Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/06/av-over-yes-campaign-routed

The crushing defeat for the AV system as an alternative to the "first past the post" voting system in the UK convinces me that, on balance, most electorates are dominated by bozos...the existing UK system merely supports the perpetuation of the two-party Labour-Conservative duopoly. Neither party has anything remotely innovative or interesting to offer the electorate most of the time.
One of the reasons why I left the UK was a conviction that real political change was not possible with the perpetuation of the current voting system. (Of course I landed in the USA, which also has its own two party duopoly, but there were other factors pushing me towards moving to the USA). Since I have never voted for either of the two major political parties in either the UK or the USA at national election level, this display of head-in-the-sand dumbassery by the UK electorate changes nothing. I shall continue to support parties and candidates that endorse and support true libertarian principles (note to readers: the Tea Party is populated by a lot of people who are not remotely libertarian in outlook, they are wolves in sheep's clothing).