I voted no because like most other people we want the coalition to get on with the real issues and not meddle about spending money we haven't got on pipe dreams.

What is the connection between either a No vote or a Yes vote in the referendum and "spending money we haven't got on pipe dreams"?

The only cost involved in all this was the pretty minimal cost of the referendum itself, and that had already been incurred anyway, and couldn't be affected whatever the result. All that talk about voting machines being needed if AV was introduced, and so forth, was a barefaced lie.