PJV3
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There was no appetite for electoral reform from any wing of the Labour party once Tony Blair swept the country with a huge majority. Even out of power, there was no real support for the AV referendum from right or the left.
The Lib Dems are the only party that have brought it to the table but the resounding failure of the AV referendum and their collapse at this election proves that there is no appetite for change from the electorate. As much as it disappoints me, time and again the electorate give FPTP a resounding endorsement. The issue is dead for a generation.
There was plenty of desire for reform within the Labour party, most of the constitutional reform that happened Blair inherited from the John Smith period.
The party lost its way under Blair, it's the Smith model that it should be going back to. He laid the foundation for 97, not Blair.
AV wasn't reform, it was a slight shuffle of the deck.