Electoral Reform

I have just been reading Nick Robinson's latest blog post on how the Prime Minister wants there to be a debate on the reform of the British voting system at general elections. 

Now that Gordon Brown is set to remain in situ at 10 Downing Street for a while longer, I am going to try and be as fair minded as possible towards him and his attempts to restore his reputation as Prime Minister. 

Calling for a debate on electoral reform, however, is not something that endears me towards him. 'First Past the Post' may not be perfect but it seems to do the job. 

Nick Robinson says that the call for a debate is 'part of a package of proposals to reform Britain's political system'. As far as I am concerned, the only part of Britain's political system that needs reforming is MPs pay and expenses. That's all. Anything else comes across to me as simply an attempt to deflect from that vexed issue.