Professor Jeremy Gilbert speaking on ‘How PR will be good for the Labour Party’ in a GET PR DONE ZOOM session on 14 December 2020. It is in two parts.
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Letter to Labour MPs – Unite votes for PR at Policy Conference
Get PR Done! worked hard to support the PR motion at the recent Labour Party Conference. While that motion gained huge support from CLP’s it was defeated by the Union block vote. However, the Unite union which voted against the PR motion has now adopted a new policy in favour of PR. We want to […]
Can Proportional Representation save Labour – and the country?
Whether the next General Election is held in 2024 or earlier, Labour faces a huge challenge. It is generally acknowledged that should the main opposition party suffer its fifth electoral defeat in a row, its survival as the oldest ‘social democratic party’ in the Western World will be at stake. A review of why Labour […]
Putting PR centre stage for Labour
Prominent Labour Party activist Laura Parker in conversation in a GET PR DONE Zoom session on 15 February 2021. It is in two parts.
Cook & Mowlam: Labour pioneers for electoral fairness
Keir Hardie, the founder of the Labour Party, was an early advocate of proportional representation (PR). Two leading figures in the Labour Party during the Thatcher, Major and Blair years were also strong supporters of PR: Robin Cook and Marjorie (Mo) Mowlam. Unfortunately, like Hardie, Cook and Mowlam both died in their 50s (and both […]