A Fresh Start for Democracy

Published: Wednesday, June 27th 2007

Today the Electoral Reform Society launched a campaign to bring about a Fresh Start for British democracy. The campaign calls for sweeping changes to the way politicians do business, and takes aim at the heart of the current malaise: the way we vote.
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I’m all right Gordon… Pull the ladder up

Published: Monday, June 25th 2007

Harriet Harman awoke this morning as Labour’s Deputy Labour Leader, following yet another ‘I’m all right Jack’ election.  Ken Ritchie said :“We would remind her in that in such a close run thing, it was a more sophisticated system that saw her returned as deputy leader. If Labour believed in first past the post for its own elections, it is Jon Cruddas who should now be heading for the cabinet table.”
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