David,
It is you who does not understand PR.
Many Alternative Voting systems are commonly miscalled PR, but as you yourself admit, do not yield statistically proportional results, hence are not rationally PR.
I submit therefore, not even the most rabid LibDem cheerleader REALLY wants PR… they just want a larger slice of the cake for themselves.
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This is no “PR, it reads like Prof. Gerry Mander’s diary!!!
Why, oh why, do you want “proportionality”, but only to benefit a party the strength of the LibDems?
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