The Reformer

Good news on the registration deadline – now let’s fix the system

Yesterday, we won a small but significant victory.       After a technical error shut down the voter registration...

Motor Voters

It’s time to talk about automatic voter registration

Today is the deadline to register to vote in the EU referendum. In most of Europe, that concept would be...

Let’s close the EU referendum generation gap

If you feel let down by the state of the EU referendum debate you’re not on your own. But it...

An electric few weeks in Wales…So what’s next?

Yn y Gymraeg yma Phew! Well, we’re not used to political drama in Cardiff Bay of the scale witnessed over...

Pythefnos drydanol yng Nghymru…ond beth nesaf?

Phew! Wel, tydem ddim wedi arfer efo ddrama wleidyddol ym Mae Caerdydd I’r fath raddau y gwelwyd yn yr wythnosau...

Today, we can build a better referendum debate

Let’s be frank: the EU debate so far has been fairly dire. Dominated by personality politics, party spats and contradictory...

Extend the franchise for overseas citizens – but let’s have votes at 16 too

Last week’s Queen’s Speech – the legislative agenda for the next year – contained an interesting and largely overlooked reform...

Democracy Matters: Why we need ‘A Better Referendum’

This is a guest blog by Professor Matthew Flinders. The opinions expressed here are the author’s own and do not...

How we’re opening up the EU debate

If you think the EU referendum debate so far has been focused far too much on the personalities and internal...

8 things last week’s elections tell us about Britain’s changing politics

Last week’s ‘Super Thursday’ of elections was gold-dust for democracy lovers. It saw elections in Wales and London for their...

4 positive changes the government have made to the Union Bill

It’s taken a lot of campaigning, but this week the government made some major concessions on the Trade Union Reform Bill –...

Cynrychiolaeth menywod yn y Cynulliad yn crebachu

Yn gyffredinol, mae amrywiaeth mewn Seneddau ar y cynnydd ar draws y DU a’r byd. Ond mae’n bell o fod...