Tom Brake is the new Director of Unlock Democracy
Former Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake has a new role, as Director of constitutional and political reform campaigners Unlock Democracy. … Read the full post »
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Former Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake has a new role, as Director of constitutional and political reform campaigners Unlock Democracy. … Read the full post »
Both Ed Davey and Layla Moran have written for the Electoral Reform Society on the importance of electoral reform. … Read the full post »
A welcome adoption of the electoral system favourite with Liberal Democrats, the Single Transferable Vote (STV), by the Labour Party. … Read the full post »
A new cross-[party alliance is calling for electoral reform and the end of first past the post for Parliamentary elections. … Read the full post »
I’ve explained before how, even if Article 50 is not delayed and Britain leave the EU in late March, Brexit will not be over as a political issue. … Read the full post »
Wondering about why the Liberal Democrats oppose first past the post and instead want electoral reform? … Read the full post »
Pah, who needs the Single Transferable Vote when you can go for the Venetian electoral system. … Read the full post »
Back in July 2010, I first blogged about an excellent post from Neil Stockley on how to win a referendum. He was writing before the AV, Scottish Independence and Brexit referendums, which makes very impressive how well his list of 10 key factors now read after we’ve seen how they were all conducted and concluded. … Read the full post »
On Thursday 4 May, voters across Scotland will use the single transferrable vote (STV) voting system to cast their vote in the Scottish council elections. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #91 came out last week, with a special focus on the May elections: the by-election in Manchester Gorton and Lib Dem prospects in the council contests. … Read the full post »