Comment Constitutional reform will be incomplete without proportional representation Britain’s constitution isn’t working. Faith in our political system has collapsed to an all time low. We have… Joe Sousek & Caroline Osborne 8th September, 2022, 10:00 am
Comment Why backing proportional representation will help Labour win Labour made some good progress in last week’s local elections. We beat the Tories back to third in… Joe Sousek & Caroline Osborne 12th May, 2022, 8:00 am
Comment How Labour’s electoral reform shift this year happened – and what’s next for PR One year ago today, Keir Starmer announced the launch of a UK-wide constitutional commission, to be headed up… Joe Sousek 21st December, 2021, 1:00 pm
Comment Oppose PR? Then let’s hear your positive case for first-past-the-post Whilst we don’t find John Spellar’s latest broadside against proportional representation (PR) convincing, we welcome his engagement with… Joe Sousek & Caroline Osborne 17th August, 2021, 9:00 am
Comment Labour has gambled on first-past-the-post for too long “In gambling,” George Bernard Shaw once said, “the many must lose in order that the few may win”.… Joe Sousek 20th December, 2019, 5:10 pm
Comment Should Labour back electoral reform? Yes – consider “the spoiler effect” At the Fabian Society’s New Year conference, I asked Tom Watson how his views on electoral reform have… Joe Sousek 8th April, 2019, 2:45 pm
Comment Why does Labour like first-past-the-post? No other socialist party supports it The idea that our first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system is a good way to bring about socialism is totally… Joe Sousek 16th February, 2019, 12:00 pm