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Tim Roll-Pickering · August 3rd 09, 09:20 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:

* There would be two kinds of MP - constituency and list - in a single
chamber which is frequently a recipe for rivalry and chaos. (A big
complaint in the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly is about list
MSPs/AMs presenting themselves as the "local" representative,
especially if they go on to contest that constituency at the next
election. A law was passed to stop candidates standing in both
constituencies and lists in Wales but it still happens in Scotland
and London.)

A bit of personal P Hain spitefulness.

I seem to remember Labour trying to introduce it for Scotland as well but
failing, possibly because they were directly and openly targetting Alex
Salmond. They still haven't explained why various Labour candidates for the
London Assembly stood for both constituency and list (e.g. Nicky Gavron).

A little over 30 years ago there was no debate on PR systems in this
country. STV was the only "British" system which worked in accordance with
the purely informal status of political parties in British political
traditions. Things have changed a lot since 1976. Lord Blake has a lot to
answer for.

Was that when the Hansard Society did a report and recommended AMS?