Keir Starmer must embrace the demand for proportional representation
Labour is set to debate proportional representation (PR) at its annual conference after 153 Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs)…
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‘Labour for a New Democracy’ launches to push leadership on electoral reform
Labour MPs and pressure groups have joined forces to launch a new campaign that will build support for…
10 ways to make Labour’s communications professional again
Making Labour’s communications professional again might not be top of new leader Keir Starmer’s to-do list this week…
The left stands for the many – so we must embrace proportional representation
On June 8, I voted in my first general election. It was exciting. Labour denied Theresa May a…
The lure of PR conceals many myths – instead the left must learn to escape its comfort zone
The answer to all of labour’s woes is proportional representation (PR). Politicians and commentators are scrambling to claim…
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…
John Spellar: The people have spoken. They don’t want electoral reform
It always amazes me that at every moment of political uncertainty someone always decides to bring up the…
Clive Lewis and Jonathan Reynolds: It is time for Labour to embrace PR
by Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, and Jonathan Reynolds, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde. We stand on different…
The long read: Why Corbyn’s moral clarity could propel him to Number 10
It is accepted wisdom that for a party to be elected in a first past the post two-party…
