Electoral reform - continued.

AV is likely to produce more hung parliaments, and therefore more coalition governments.  The big problem with coalitions is that when you cast your vote you don't know what you're going to get.  Each party produces a manifesto which sets out what they intend to do if they form a government, but in a coalition situation the partners have to thrash out a compromise agreement which will inevitably mean give and take, so you end up with a coalition "manifesto" published after the event on which no-one had the chance to vote for or against.  I'm pretty sure that many of those who voted LibDem at the last election might not have done so if they had known that they were going to end up being part of a coalition that was going to massively increase tuition fees, for instance.  It's a bit like buying a sandwich and only finding out after you get it what the filling is.  I prefer to know what I am voting for - or against.