Holding a referendum on proportional representation (PR) is precisely NOT the way to create a more equitable voting system (and better government). That was the upfront message recently passed on to UK electoral reform activists by the former president of the most experienced pro-PR campaign group in the world, FAIR VOTE CANADA (FVC): Our experiences […]
The Tories’ “Nightmare Before Christmas”
At first glance, the stunning LibDem by-election victory yesterday (17 December) in North Shropshire would NOT seem to point to the need for electoral reform and the creation of an electoral pact to pull off such a legislative feat. In fact, precisely the opposite. After all, successful LibDem candidate Helen Morgan more than tripled her […]
HOW THE LEFT GAINS BY PR: THE FINNISH EXAMPLE
The usual knock-back by British lefties against proportional representation (PR) is that it generates moderate governments and keeps the left out of power. Better to try “one last heave” and hope that the full socialist programme of a democratic socialist party wins the endorsement of enough voters to gain power. Then it will be “game […]
The Big Sleaze
It is such a well-practiced line. And it sounds so reasonable and democratic. Deputy PM Dominic Rabb was asked on Tuesday (9th Nov.) what he and the government thought of Devon MP and former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox earning over £1 million in legal fees (in addition to his MP salary of £82,000) in the […]
The Progressive Alliance, the Labour Party and the rules that bind … or not
Many supporters of other parties have encountered Labour’s perpetual reluctance to cooperate to defeat the Tories, even if, as is now in 2021 the case, the facts unequivocally show that cooperation is the only way that the Tories can be defeated in many of their more vulnerable seats and in a General Election as a […]