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”.…
Electoral Reform
It’s time for real change – and that means real change to our democracy
A general election is the most important event in our democracy, so it’s ironic that debate about the…
Labour must change the rules of the game – and back electoral reform
The odds are stacked against Labour at this election. That isn’t just because of Brexit, or a well-funded…
Labour must scrap our unelected House of Lords in its first term
Few could deny that Westminster is broken. A recent BMG poll for the Electoral Reform Society found just…
How to make Westminster work for the many: Labour’s response to the democratic crisis
The backdrop of the current Brexit impasse is a crisis of democracy in the UK. But in it…
How the Tories have been handed hundreds of council seats… long before polling day
Rotten boroughs are back. Conservative candidates are set to walk away with 267 seats before voters get to…
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…
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…
Corbyn’s conference speech showed we must build a real democracy
Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on Wednesday centred around a new theme for the Labour party: building a real democracy. The…
Why is the Labour Party machine ignoring members on voting reform?
With the culmination of the democracy review, this year’s conference is supposed to be about putting policy-making in…
