‘We have to build the biggest possible campaign’ for democratic reform, Liberal Democrat conference told
“Vote for candidates that want PR at least and make sure you’re voting for somebody who is more likely to bring in real democracy.”
“Vote for candidates that want PR at least and make sure you’re voting for somebody who is more likely to bring in real democracy.”
‘The hard thinking has been done, the case has been made within the party, and the British public is crying out for change.’
‘One voter turned away is too many’
“There is now an undeniable demand from the country – not only for a new government, but a new political system.”
“We’ve long warned of the potential impact of voter ID – a policy that will make it harder for millions to cast their vote and potentially shut many out from the ballot box. But if the government insist on introducing this damaging policy it must be done right.”
63 per cent of people want the Lords to be democratically elected whilst 27 per cent would like to see it abolished altogether.
New research reveals the scandal of silent peers claiming more than the average British wage in expenses.
First-past-the-post is so broken that the Tories would have won a majority in the House of Commons if they’d picked up just 533 more votes.
Photo: The West Midlands’ Andy Street (left) was one of six all-male metro mayors elected last Thursday A few weeks ago, campaigners warned of a looming ‘diversity crisis’ in our democracy. Just one of the six powerful new ‘metro mayor’test
Increasing proportion of government payroll MPs reduces backbench scrutiny