Alternative History with Alternative Vote

This is terribly interesting.

Under the Alternative Vote system on which MPs are to hold a referendum, nothing would have changed in terms of who was in charge in the last six elections - but the Liberal Democrats would have been the second largest party, and Paddy Ashdown leader of the official opposition, from 1997-2001.

One can't help wondering if he'd have done a better job than William Hague, who often bested Blair with humorous barbs but failed to transform his winning Commons ways into ballot-box victory.