Electoral Reform After GE2017: Will Labour Go All the Way?
by Josh Dell
First-past-the-post may yet deliver Corbyn the keys to No. 10, but now is precisely the time to revive the case for proportional representation, argues Josh Dell.
Tag: electoral reform
New Green Leadership: What Happens Next?
by Josiah Mortimer
Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley are the new co-leaders of the Green party. With an overwhelming mandate, they're now tasked with making headway on their core platform: building a progressive alliance.
Cameron Cuts MPs While Boosting the Lords – What Price Democracy?
by Josiah Mortimer
In a bid to "cut the cost of politics" the government is reducing the number of MPs - conveniently redrawing constituencies along the way. Meanwhile Cameron has been inflating the Lords at great expense to the public purse and democratic oversight.
12 Reasons to Vote Green in this General Election
by Adam Ramsay
Election week on NovaraWire continues: Never mind the Labour party - if you want to break the pro-austerity hegemony in Westminster, only a vote for the Greens can provoke a left turn for electoral politics, argues Adam Ramsay.