DON'T SPOIL IT

The government's proposed question for the referendum on the voting system has been released:

Do you want the United Kingdom to adopt the 'alternative vote' system instead of the current 'first past the post' system for electing Members of Parliament to the House of Commons?

Put that way, I'll withdraw my plea for supporters of proportional representation to spoil their votes. Just vote no.

• Trevor Fisher has a good post on this on the Chartist blog here.