Read my posts about constitutional, electoral and political reform in the UK.
It’s hard to think of a plausible route for securing electoral reform for the House of Commons which does not involve significant, and committed, support for it from the bulk of the Labour Party. … Read the full post »
New research from Andrey Tomashevskiy shows that the more private money parties receive, the more likely are they to take extreme positions. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #157 looks at public opinion on Brexit, how by-elections are going, important votes at Spring Conference, and more. … Read the full post »
Who would have thought that 2021 would bring the Liberal Democrats two extra MPs? Not me, for sure. The question now for the Liberal Democrats is what lessons to learn from last year’s unexpected bounty and how to build on it this year. … Read the full post »
The hashtag #FBPPR is mostly used on Twitter and stands for ‘follow back, pro-proportional representation’. It is a deliberate echo of the #FBPE – follow back, pro European – hashtag. … Read the full post »
New polling from Savanta ComRes shows it’s not only the means of getting into the House of Commons that the public wants to change. … Read the full post »
Unite the Union voted “to adopt a policy of opposing First Past the Post and instead supporting moves to explore, select and introduce a new voting system for the UK”. … Read the full post »
I’ve often commented that electoral reform is one of those topics where the exact question wording can make a noticeable difference to the results of a poll. … Read the full post »
Tweet number one, on the future for our politics, and Labour once again blinking when it comes to supporting electoral reform… … Read the full post »
New polling for the Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform shows strong support for electoral reform. … Read the full post »