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Archive news - December 2007
Cameron should remould our political system
Published: Tuesday, December 18th 2007
Michael Brown, Independent
The Tory party needs to face the fact that, more than the Lib Dems, it has the biggest vested interest in an overhaul of the electoral system. Mr Cameron was right to make his "progressive alliance" pitch in a weekend press article to Lib Dem voters.
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“This is Westminster calling…”
Published: Monday, December 17th 2007
A new radio documentary from the Electoral Reform Society is shedding light on the obstacles facing female parliamentarians.
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Democratic deficits
Published: Monday, December 17th 2007
David Beetham, Red Pepper
Gordon Brown is urging a debate on Britishness. But Britain is an essentially imperial project sustained today by subservience to the US, argues David Beetham, and judging by the new green paper on governance a democratic Britain is not about to be born
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Why vote?
Published: Wednesday, December 12th 2007
It's very unlikely that your vote will ever change the result of an election, but your right to vote is not to be given up lightly
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I don't care if you don't vote
Published: Wednesday, December 12th 2007
Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
People who don't haul themselves off to the polling station are perfectly rational
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Voters should be offered free burgers to tempt them out to vote
Published: Tuesday, December 11th 2007
London Evening Standard
Voters should be offered council tax discounts or fast food vouchers to persuade them to turn up at the polls, according to a report. A group of councillors is calling for 'incentives' to vote. Other perks suggested in the report from the Councillors' Commission include free National Lottery tickets and trips to the chiropractor.
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