"Living in Scotland and looking at the Scotish assembly I can only say that AV will be a bad idea and will vote against."

Out of curiousity what about PR in the elections for the Scottish Parliament (the Assembly never went ahead in 1979) don't you like? Is it just the voting itself or is it the final outcome of the vote. I think the balance of the parliament is fair and it has on the whole worked as all govts have lasted their terms, whether they were in a coalition or running it as a minority govt, with the ability to generally run the country intact. I know the use of list candidates takes away the connection between some MSPs and a local constituency - but that wouldn't be an issue in AV anyway!