New figures from the Electoral Reform Society examine exactly how well each party would have done under two systems of PR: Alternative Vote (AV) and Single Transferable Vote (STV). While they show that under AV the Lib Dems would only increase their seats to 79, the most interesting think for me is that the Conservatives still poll the most seats but insufficient for a majority in all examples. A Lib/Lab coalition under AV would have a 60 seat majority, with a Lib/Con group a majority of 98....

Brent Central is close. Just 1,345 votes separated Labour and the Lib Dems, around 3% or about 1.5 voters in every 50. Would Brent Central Lib Dem voters punish Sarah Teather for a Lib/Con pact? In a briefing paper published today by the Fabian society, Brent Central is listed as a constituency likely to swing back to Labour at a second general election in 2010. “As this table shows, there are 15 Lib Dem seats that would fall to Labour if just one-in-five of their voters switched to Labour....

Here is my video taken at the TakeBackParliament protest on Saturday. Dressed in purple and holding signs such as “fair votes now” and “votes not moats” around a thousand campaigners gathered in order to “Take back Parliament” for the voters. We’ll be doing it all again tonight, so I hear…..

Guy Aitchison from OurKingdom posted a simple question on Friday morning - Is This Democracy? No. No, it’s not. I believe that our hung parliament can only be resolved by electoral reform. So this afternoon I rallied with hundreds of friends from many different groups in Trafalgar Square to Smith Square shouting Fair Votes Now! Rupert Murdoch and News Corpse was slain below Nelson. I’m sure he would have approved....

I met this chap while out on the Unlock Democracy / Hang-em rally this afternoon. Barry Gardiner’s £198,500 dwarfs Dawn Butler’s £66,000 expenses claims.