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ERS in the Press – March 2020

These are difficult and uncertain times, with the coronavirus pandemic...

Current Affairs Commentary

Pressure is growing for a ‘virtual Parliament’ to...

With Parliament now on a pause for four weeks, serious...

Current Affairs Commentary

How other parliaments are handling the coronavirus outbreak

The scale of the coronavirus challenge is almost unprecedented in...

Current Affairs Commentary
House of Lords

Let’s postpone bizarre peer by-elections for good

Even in today’s climate, hereditary peer by-elections are among the...

Current Affairs Commentary
The Local Democracy Bill must stem from more than just traditional consultation

Deepening democracy with Scotland’s Local Democracy Bill

Democracy isn’t static, it is a process. It isn’t always...

ERS Scotland
The Electoral Reform Society Registered Office

The ERS, democracy and the coronavirus crisis

ERS staff are, as you would imagine, working from home,...

Developments at the ERS
Assemblies can help set out a vision for change from the bottom up

Could the Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland change how...

A new way of doing democracy is being trialled in...

Current Affairs Commentary

Parliament must ensure proper scrutiny amid coronavirus crisis

Parliament’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has identified the need...

Current Affairs Commentary
Polling Station

2019 General Election Results

In an election campaign characterised by uncertainty and volatility, it...

Current Affairs Commentary

Little evidence to suggest that electoral pacts had...

Last week I wrote about tactical voting at the 2019...

Current Affairs Commentary
Why do they do it Because without the light of democratic scrutiny they can

Lording it over us: Peers’ expenses free-for-all continues

It’s a story we’ve heard too many times: unelected Lords...

Current Affairs Commentary
Voters are systematically ignored

Ignored and unrepresented: Report reveals how Westminster’s electoral...

Something is deeply wrong when over 70% of votes count...

Current Affairs Commentary