The Reformer

Let’s not settle for a low #EUref turnout

It’s generally a fool’s game to predict poll turnout. But there are some signs which can give you a clue....

In the dark on the EU referendum? Clue yourself up for June 23rd

With just nine days until the referendum, there’s still millions of people who feel left in the dark. This month...

The public are switched off by #EUref ‘big beasts’

The past few months have seen the campaigns – perhaps understandably – wheel out the ‘big beasts’ from the various...

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...