Is Cameron set to offer Clegg the Alternative Vote?

System would preserve the constituency link and could benefit the Tories.

The negotiations between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives are so secretive that we can only guess what the sticking points might be. But Benedict Brogan’s report in today’s Telegraph is the best account I’ve read of the state of play.

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George Eaton is the New Statesman's senior editor (politics). He writes the Morning Call political briefing three times a week and contributes columns, features, interviews and leaders.