At this year’s Imagine Festival in Belfast, we’re co-sponsoring the Democracy Lounge. There are lots of ways that democracy can...
I was delighted to be asked to moderate the main Plenary Session of the 9th Annual Congress on European Local...
It’s been over a hundred years since some women won the right to stand as MPs and vote in 1918....
Throughout history, the political landscape of the United Kingdom has been predominantly shaped and governed by men. The struggle towards...
Lord Peter Mandelson found himself in the headlines a couple of times this week. Firstly, when he criticised Labour’s plans...
The Electoral Reform Society has long held up the Single Transferable Vote as the gold standard for proportional representation. It’s...
On March 7th voters in Hillhead in Glasgow will be heading to the polls for a council by-election. Among those...
Along with Labour For a New Democracy, we were at last weekend’s Scottish Labour conference to talk to attendees, as...
This morning it was revealed in The Times that Sue Gray, Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff and former leading Civil...
Looking across the Atlantic at America’s Senate, it’s clear why concerns are often expressed that an elected second chamber may...
Westminster’s First Past the Post (FPTP) system often results in some parties gaining far more seats than their vote share...
Late on Friday, the Government slipped out its latest honours list, which will add 13 new peers to the already-heaving...