Democracy
The question set to be asked on the referendum ballot paper should the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill be passed into law (which is …
A High Court judgement has been passed to evict the Parliament Square protestors from their so-called “Democracy Village” encampment. The action, brought by Mayor of …
One of the Lib Dem grassroots big demands as part of any coalition or confidence and supply agreement is a referendum on changing the electoral …
The way we place our votes needs to be changed. When hundreds of people get disenfranchised due to the incompetence of returning officers, 27 people …
Every voter has an equal say in who forms the government, right? On the face of it, yes: we can all go to to polling …
Over the past decade, support for an English Parliament has grown, from 18% to 29% – and 40% believe that the current “Barnett forumla” system …
Democracy appears to have become a hot topic in politics at the moment, starting with Gordon Brown’s amazing and sudden interest in AV. This has …
If prisoners are not allowed to vote in this years general election, it will break European Law:
In 2005, the Grand Chamber of the European Court …
What precisely is the point of pushing for a referendum on the way we elect MPs? That’s not really a problem right now. There are …
The principle of elected mayors is all well and good. But if they are to be of any real point, they need proper powers and …




