With Parliament now on a pause for four weeks, serious questions are being asked about how life-changing decisions will be...
The scale of the coronavirus challenge is almost unprecedented in modern Britain. It also presents enormous new challenges for how...
Even in today’s climate, hereditary peer by-elections are among the more absurd aspects of British politics. Following the retirement of...
A new way of doing democracy is being trialled in Scotland – and the ERS is at the heart of...
Parliament’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has identified the need for sweeping changes in how Westminster operates to protect MPs...
In an election campaign characterised by uncertainty and volatility, it came as a surprise to many that the result would...
Last week I wrote about tactical voting at the 2019 General Election, after the ERS revealed that almost a third...
It’s a story we’ve heard too many times: unelected Lords cashing it in. This weekend, fresh revelations in the Sunday...
Something is deeply wrong when over 70% of votes count for nothing. That’s what Westminster’s voting system did in December’s...
For all the talk of December’s poll as a ‘People versus Parliament’ election, it looks like neither won. 22.6 million....
Labour members have received their ballot papers and are voting in the leadership and deputy leadership contests – with polls...
Last week’s government reshuffle saw some strange moves. Boris Johnson appointed a former speechwriter to John Major, Lord True, as...