Constitutional reform will not save Labour
The United Kingdom’s unwritten constitution is little more than a tangle of precedents designed to maintain the stability…
Proportional Representation
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…
Proportional representation? Bad tactics, bad strategy and bad for Britain
Australian Labor PM Paul Keating used to say that good policy is good politics. Since UK Labour’s battering…
Westminster first-past-the-post elections “outdated anomaly”, campaigners say
Electoral reform campaigners have described the use of first-past-the-post in UK general elections as an “outdated anomaly” as…
Exclusive: 83% of members say Labour should back proportional representation
New polling shows 83% of Labour members believe the party should support changing the UK’s electoral system to…
In Unite and in Westminster, the left is victim of a warped voting system
The race has narrowed to become the next leader of Unite. On Friday morning, we learnt that Howard…
There already is a ‘progressive alliance’. It’s called the Labour Party
These days, to be in favour of the first-past-the-post electoral system is not a fashionable position. Part of…
Want to end debate over a progressive alliance? Labour must back PR
Last month, the Fabian Society published Hearts and Minds: Winning the working class vote, by various Labour MPs…
Electoral reform campaigners launch ‘roadshow’ urging Labour to back PR
Labour for a New Democracy will launch a ‘roadshow’ series of events to “put beyond doubt” the need…
Momentum backs proportional representation and £15 minimum wage
Momentum is set to push for a £15 minimum wage, a change in the Westminster voting system to…
