200 years since the Peterloo Massacre, Westminster is still broken
19 Aug 2019
Electoral Reform Society – The events of 2019 have put the problems of Westminster’s system into sharp focus.
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Voters are going beyond left-right divides – and the system can’t handle it
18 Jul 2019
Electoral Reform Society – During the first half of 2019, party affiliation among the British electorate became more fragmented and volatile than ever before.
Read moreEnding the Punch and Judy show: How to get a more co-operative politics
31 May 2019
Electoral Reform Society: There is an uncomfortable fact for those who oppose moves to a fairer voting system: all the chaos we have seen in Westminster over the past few years has been under the ‘strong and stable’ voting system of First Past the Post.
Read moreDemocracy cancelled: How parties have captured hundreds of seats before local election day
23 Apr 2019
Electoral Reform Society – Large parts of England are effectively democracy deserts, with hundreds of thousands of potential voters denied real choice in this May’s elections.
Read moreMinisters can’t let themselves of the hook when it comes to tackling the social media ‘Wild West’
17 Apr 2019
Electoral Reform Society – Last week the government launched a consultation into tackling ‘online harm’. It’s the first step towards dealing with the tech barons of the new ‘wild west’. But ministers can’t let themselves off the hook just yet.
Read moreWhy replacing the unelected House of Lords is key to the movement for fair votes
22 Mar 2019
Electoral Reform Society – For far too many of its members, the second chamber of our Parliament is a private members’ club. The House of Lords – the UK’s revising chamber – is packed to the brim with appointees – and they have a huge sway over our country.
Read moreLocal citizens’ assemblies could break our political deadlock – but the government have vetoed them
22 Mar 2019
Electoral Reform Society – Last summer, ministers announced genuinely exciting plans for piloting ‘deliberative democracy’ across the UK. The plan was to use a series of citizens’ assemblies to engage people with politics, to tackle complex and contested topics, and to break through local political deadlock.
Read moreUnelected aristocrats are still trying to call the shots in Parliament. It’s time for change
13 Mar 2019
Electoral Reform Society: This week the ballots dropped for the world’s most elitist election. A contest to select a new hereditary Crossbench peer to sit in the House of Lords.
Read moreThe risks of not reforming our electoral law
13 Feb 2019
Electoral Reform Society: 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 of Media and Communications at LSE wrote this article as part of our report Reining in the Political ‘Wild […]
Read moreHow to improve voters’ confidence in democracy
13 Feb 2019
Electoral Reform Society: 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.
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