Which just demonstrates that ‘party advantage’ is not only an unhealthy criterion to be using, but also a foolish one. Doubtless those who sunk the Blair/Jenkins reform proposals in the mid-2000s tho… (View Post)

And, for the voter, increasingly forces us to consider who we hate the most, and then find someone a bit less hateful who stands a chance of winning to vote for. Which leads parties to campaign mostl… (View Post)

As well as offering the prospect of spells in majority power, one of the other advantages of FPTP for the main parties has always been that, even in their unpopular low spots when they’re being throw… (View Post)

Yes and no. Most dispassionate observers can see that our voting system is no longer fit for purpose - and no longer delivering against what most would agree was its original purpose - and as someone… (View Post)

Putting it in the manifesto and then delivering it after avoids another dreaded referendum. But there’s nothing to stop Burnham committing to align local government to the same STV system already use… (View Post)