Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree | Neal Lawson
Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy A poll in the Mail on Sunday at the end of June was remarkable. It had not just Reform as low as 21%, but also Labour and the Tories. It was remarkable because it starkly demonstrated the fragmented landscape of the UK’s electoral terrain, as well as the electoral wea
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Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy A poll in the Mail on Sunday at the end of June was remarkable. It had not just Reform as low as 21%, but also Labour and the Tories. It was remarkable because it starkly demonstrated the fragmented landscape of the UK’s electoral terrain, as well as the electoral wea
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Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree | Neal Lawson
Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy A poll in the Mail on Sunday at the end of June was remarkable. It had not just Reform as low as 21%, but also Labour and the Tories. It was remarkable because it starkly demonstrated the fragmented landscape of the UK’s electoral terrain, as well as the electoral wea
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