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A healthy democracy requires healthy levels of democratic participation – the most crucial element of which is turnout at general elections. But Britain has one of the lowest turnout rates in the west – a...
Posted 10 Feb 2022
Join the Elections Bill Rally in Parliament Square. The passing of the government’s Election Bill through the House of Commons last week was a huge blow to democracy. It now heads to the Lords, with...
Posted 28 Jan 2022
Yesterday was a dark day for democracy. Despite widespread opposition from campaigners, election experts, academics and civil society the government’s Elections Bill successfully passed through the commons. The Bill includes clauses introducing voter ID, more...
Posted 18 Jan 2022
The government’s Elections Bill returns to the House of Commons on Monday 17th January despite the opposition against their plans growing from all sides of the chamber. The bill has faced fierce opposition from campaigners,...
Posted 14 Jan 2022
2022 is a big year for presidential elections in Europe – with the Italian, German and French presidencies all open over the next few months.
Posted 05 Jan 2022
If you listen to supporters of first past the post, you might be forgiven for thinking that British voters are just itching to elect dozens of far-left and far-right MPs - with PR just waiting...
Posted 15 Dec 2021
Looking at just national disproportionality hides far more damning realities of how First Past the Post (FPTP) distorts the votes of the British public.
Posted 07 Dec 2021
The most revealing type of political scandal is not the one where rules have been broken, but the ones where they haven’t. Where crisis has erupted over conduct that sits very comfortable within current parliamentary...
Posted 26 Nov 2021
Minority government on 32% of the vote is one thing, but it is another when it isn’t even the most popular minority that gets to be in charge.
Posted 22 Sep 2021
The government is trying to sneakily force through plans to impose First Past the Post for Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections – a move which would cast the views of voters on the...
Posted 16 Sep 2021
