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…
Electoral Reform
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…
Billy Hayes: Why I agree – but disagree – with John McDonnell on electoral reform
During the BBC’s local election coverage, John McDonnell reaffirmed his support for proportional representation. “I support PR”, he said…
Westminster’s broken voting system is failing workers – and the Labour Party
As trade unionists, we know the rules of the game are rigged against workers. That’s no less the…
Labour could win most votes but fewer seats than Tories, study finds
Labour could win the most votes but still be shut out of power thanks to the United Kingdom’s…
Miliband reveals secret conversations with Vince Cable while he was Labour leader
Ed Miliband has revealed he held “surreptitious conversations” with Sir Vince Cable while he leader of the Opposition.…
Elections to the Lords and taking big money out of politics: Corbyn and Smith on democratic reform
The independent Electoral Reform Society quizzed both Labour leadership candidate on a series of key democratic reform issues. You can read…
Corbyn’s plan for democratic reform must include proportional representation
Jeremy Corbyn’s ambitious programme to ‘extend democracy in every part of public life’, unveiled on Monday, ranges far…
Lewis Baston: Electoral reform must be at the heart of reviving our democracy
The Fabian Society’s democratic reform programme covers, as it should, a wide range of useful reforms that need to…
Left-wing populism will not deliver a Labour government without electoral reform – and PR is not coming anytime soon
You might be forgiven for thinking that, as per the radical tome on the English civil war by Marxist…
