DE STORA FÖRLORARNA i det brittiska valet blev Liberaldemokraterna. De förlorade både i lokal- och regionalvalen och i folkomröstningen. Och nu kommer anklagelserna mot David Cameron och de konservativa.
”Some of us never had many illusions about the Conservatives, but they have emerged as ruthless, calculating and thoroughly tribal”, sade business secretary Vince Cable.
Ross Hawkins, politisk korrespondent på BBC News, sammanfattar hur eftersnacket och de olika lägrens spin kommer att låta.
Many Lib Dems will attribute the outcome to David Cameron who they say campaigned hard for a No vote despite agreeing not to take a leading role.
As early as February the prime minister had no qualms about reminding people Nick Clegg had once called the alternative vote a ”miserable little compromise”.
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Despite all this, millions of people voted and even in areas where no other elections were taking place, like London, the turnout was comparable to that seen at local elections.
Those who favoured the Yes campaign will argue they were defeated by the prime minister’s campaigning power, a largely hostile press and a tough opposing campaign.
They will also wonder whether people who voted against the Lib Dems in the elections might have been keen to oppose Nick Clegg’s favoured electoral system at the referendum.
Those who backed a No vote will say they won the argument for the merits of the status quo, and persuaded people the alternative vote was complex and unnecessary.
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