As you might be able to tell from a previous post or two, I’m not a huge fan of the current electoral system. Regardless of which policies I believe in, and which candidates I would trust to deliver them, I firmly believe that any democratic country should be able to elect a government that is truely representative of the people who voted, and that our current system does not even come close to that.
Proportional Representation is a viable option, and is dismissed by its detracters for several reasons, none of which I think makes sense based on the evidence of other countries experience. Many years ago (at some point just after the 1983 election), John Cleese made a video explaining PR and how it works. It’s well worth a watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSUKMa1cYHk
Link courtesy of http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/05/04/how-i-will-vote/