Senthil Ratnasabapathy
Many, many years ago, I met a young and aspiring British journalist and ended up in a conversation about the pros and cons of the proportional representation (PR) system vs. the so-called first-past-the post system.
He said the Britons would be against the PR system because of the instability it could bring to governing. He meant the PR system that was practised by all European countries and where, particularly in Italy, no one party gains the majority, and major parties are forced to cobble up coalitions which then disintegrate away as soon as possible.