THE British people have spoken loud and clear and rejected the proposed Alternative Vote in favour of the traditional First Past The Post.
More voters than expected turned out to preserve the status quo believing the old system provides greater stability and stronger, more decisive governments.
And yet the other polls held on the same day suggests the opposite, and that the political picture across the nation is far more complex.
In Scotland the SNP secured a comfortable majority — under a system of proportional representation.
In Wales Labour made gains and is in a good position to form a government. The smaller parties did badly and Wales looks more of a two party state than it has done for years — again under PR.
It is the Westminster government, selected via FPTP, which is presided over by an increasingly fragile coalition.
It is interesting to speculate who would have been the winners on Thursday under AV. For instance, would Conservative Angela Burns kept her seat in Carmarthenshire West?
Elsewhere there were Assembly winners and losers aplenty.
Conservative leader Nick Bourne could be described as both.
An advocate of PR in Wales, he lost his list seat because his party was more successful than predicted.
But perhaps the oddest loser on Thursday night was Swansea council leader Chris Holley who topped a miserable night for the Lib Dems by discovering he had lost his majority without even being up for election.
His Lib Dem-led administration no longer has a majority following the resignation of Cockett ward representative Veronyca Bates Hughes.
She is now a non-aligned Independent Green.
The administration and the opposition now have 36 councillors each.
Looks like interesting times ahead.
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