The legal landscape: Micro-targeted politics and big data Bethany Shiner, Lecture in Law, Middlesex University, London contributed this piece to our report Reining in the Political ‘Wild West’: Campaign Rules for the 21st Century. The evolution of data-driven political campaigning has spawned an entire industry... Posted 15 Feb 2019
Empowering the regulators: Four proposals for change Stephen Kinnock, Labour MP for Aberavon and member of the Brexit Select Committee contributed this piece for our report Reining in the Political ‘Wild West’: Campaign Rules for the 21st Century. Our democracy is crumbling. The EU... Posted 14 Feb 2019
The risks of not reforming our electoral law Martin Moore, Director of the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Damian Tambini, Associate Professor in the Department... Posted 13 Feb 2019
The Cairncross Review on restoring trust in an age of fake news The need to curb the unregulated power of tech giants is finally being recognised in the sphere of journalism and online information as well. In a report published today, the Cairncross Review recommended that online... Posted 12 Feb 2019
How to improve voters’ confidence in democracy Tom Hawthorn, Head of Policy at the Electoral Commission contributed this article for our recent report Reining in the Political ‘Wild West’: Campaign Rules for the 21st Century. Not so long ago, election campaigning was all... Posted 12 Feb 2019
Now is the time to bring our campaign rules into the 21st century The Rt Hon Dame Cheryl Gillan MP contributed this piece as the forward to our report Reining in the Political ‘Wild West’: Campaign Rules for the 21st Century. Our democracy is at a critical juncture. We... Posted 11 Feb 2019
Six ways to rein in the campaign ‘Wild West’ On Monday, the ERS launched a united call for change – with election regulators, campaigners, academics and MPs alike demanding a review of Britain’s political campaign laws. This week marks 15 years since the... Posted 05 Feb 2019
Reining in the political ‘Wild West’: Why we need campaign rules for the 21st century Political party campaigning has shifted dramatically online in recent years. To give just one example: political parties spent around £1.3 million on Facebook adverts during the 2015 general election. This more than doubled two years... Posted 04 Feb 2019
What we learnt from the ERS Members and Supporters Conference 2018 On the first weekend in December, ERS members and supporters came together for the Society’s Annual Conference and AGM. The majority of the day was made up of workshop sessions, where ERS staff led discussions on... Posted 21 Dec 2018
ERS in the Press – November 2018 Here is just a highlight of the coverage our campaigns have received in the press this month. MPs call for end to ‘political gender gap’ at Westminster We coordinated the media for the Centenary Action Group’s campaign... Posted 30 Nov 2018