‘Progressive alliances’ shouldn’t be necessary: they’re product of a broken voting system There’s a lot of talk about June 8th being the ‘tactical voting’ election. This past couple of weeks we’ve seen the latest symptom: parties doing the tactical voting on behalf of the electorate – weeks before... Posted 08 May 2017
Calling for ‘progressive alliances’ is brave. But it should never be necessary This article was first published at LabourList Last week, three Labour MPs did something that takes courage. In calling for Labour to stand aside in Richmond Park, they were pushing for a more collaborative form... Posted 31 Oct 2016
Forget standing down in Richmond: parties shouldn’t have to make that choice This article was published on Politics.co.uk Almost as quickly as Zac Goldsmith announced his resignation this week, talk turned to the other parties in the race: should they clear the way for a candidate with a... Posted 27 Oct 2016