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Not to be that guy but alternative vote isn't proportional representation. The arguement for voting against it was that if we go for alternative vote, they will use that as an excuse to never implement proper proportional representation.
I do not know how sound of the decision that was, but that was the general feeling at the time. But that memory seems to have been lost and the narrative now seems to be that people were stupid for voting against it. It really wasn't that simple.
It would have been a step in the right direction. If nothing else, it would have shown we could change the voting scheme without the world falling apart.