Here’s to our members and supporters This Saturday we held our largest members and supporters conference and AGM for many years – topping off what has been a great campaigning year for the ERS. It was a fantastic success, and it... Posted 08 Dec 2016
Missing in Richmond: voter choice Well, the results are in. Campaigners campaigned, and voters voted. But not all was well. Because the elephant in the room in this by-election was the absence of something that should be a given in... Posted 02 Dec 2016
Adeiladu Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cryfach ("Ni mynd i fod angen cwch mwy…") Adeiladu Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cryfach ( “Ni mynd i fod angen cwch mwy…”) O ystyried y swnami sydd wedi siglo ein gwleidyddiaeth y flwyddyn hon, gall ymddangos yn amser anffodus i drafod yr angen am fwy... Posted 01 Dec 2016
Wedi Brexit, mae’n hen bryd cael Senedd mwy a chryfach ‘Boed i chi fyw mewn cyfnod difyr’ medd yr hen dywediad Tseiniaidd. A ni all neb gwadu ein bod yn gwneud hynny ar hyn o bryd: mae Brexit, systemau pleidiol mewn fflwcs, a chyfansoddiad mewn... Posted 30 Nov 2016
Cutting the number of MPs will have consequences. Let’s get this right This article was first published in the Times You might have forgotten about it, but the government’s boundary review – the redrawing of the area that your MP represents – is still going ahead, and it’s happening alongside a... Posted 17 Nov 2016
How Trump won the Presidency despite not winning the most votes So that sure was an election. Whatever happened in the US presidential election it was always going to be a historic moment. On Tuesday I pointed out that Donald Trump could win the Presidency even if... Posted 09 Nov 2016
Maine makes history as first state to back fair votes As the world analyses the result of the US Presidential election, there’s one result you might have missed. On Tuesday one state made a symbolic breakthrough: Maine became the first US state to scrap First... Posted 09 Nov 2016
How Trump could win the Presidency even if he doesn’t win the most votes It’s election day in the United States, and that means all the pageantry and spectacle one comes to expect with democracy in the world’s most powerful nation. The spectacle of a US election also reminds... Posted 08 Nov 2016
Electoral reform is making waves across the Atlantic There’s something in the air, it seems. As I write, electoral reformers in Canada and the US have a real chance of securing a fairer voting system. As US voters prepare to pick their next... Posted 03 Nov 2016
Calling for ‘progressive alliances’ is brave. But it should never be necessary This article was first published at LabourList Last week, three Labour MPs did something that takes courage. In calling for Labour to stand aside in Richmond Park, they were pushing for a more collaborative form... Posted 31 Oct 2016