Archive for electoral reform
Imagine having a well-paid job for life
So starts Nick Clegg’s comments in the latest Channel 4 Political Slot film from the party, featuring himself and Sarah Teather talking about changing our political system:
You may find the opening contains an electoral statistic which sounds rather familiar. I wonder if this post will make it to national TV next…
Elections should be about what the people want, not the Prime Minister
Would you be comfortable with a Prime Minister being able to decide just before an election who gets to vote in the election? Or what about them personally picking the constituency boundaries to be used? I suspect not … and a major part of the reason is that elections should be about giving the public [...]
Peter Mandelson toys with electoral reform
Following his speech to the Progress conference earlier today, Peter Mandelson answered a question about electoral reform. After defending the existing system, he went on to say:
Now, does that mean to say that there is no change that could be made in our voting system in our country so that people really feel that it’s [...]
29% of seats have not changed hands since 1945
Cross-posted from The Wardman Wire:
A major part of the point of a democratic electoral system is that those elected to public office can be held to account by the public for their actions. The anger we often see over the behaviour of MPs – whether on matters of policy (such as the Iraq war) or [...]
100 days to change British democracy
An email pops in to my inbox from the Electoral Reform Society:
Today we mark 100 days until the Queen’s Speech – and the government’s last chance to change politics for good.
If you’re a blogger or a web editor you can help the campaign today by adding our countdown widget to your posts or site:
http://voteforachange.co.uk/widget
Feeling [...]
Conservative voters back electoral reform; public doesn’t want to cut MP pay
An interesting snippet from today’s YouGov poll:
Here are some proposals that have been made for reforming our political system. In each case do you agree or disagree with it?
Introduce a new voting system for electing MPs which would link the number of seats to the total vote of each party, and make it harder for a single party [...]
