It's shameless even by the standards of New Labour. Shadow Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced on the Today programme this morning that Labour would oppose the Coalition's bill paving the way for a referendum on PR. That's a bit rich, given that a commitment to AV was in the Labour Party's last manifesto and the Party's internal electoral system – the one it's using to select a new leader – is itself AV. As David Cameron says, this is a "descent into complete and utter opportunism": "I know what it is like in opposition. I did almost five years as leader of the opposition. The temptation to jump on the bandwagon and be opportunistic is always there and it should always be resisted." (To read more, click here.)
