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Is there proportional representation in France?

Apart from the UK, France is the only other European democracy not to use some form of proportional representation for...

ERS in the Press – February 2019

Another wild month in politics – from crucial Brexit votes to the apparent disintegration of Britain’s party structures. Throughout, we’ve...

With first past the post, country and city voters take turns being locked out of government

Far too often, debates around electoral reform are characterised as the idea of making two pie charts match: one pie...

Scotland's councils are too big and too distant

Scotland needs new institutions to transform our local communities

Can you remember a time you were talking with someone and the response you got back meant that it was...

Moving targets: What is the technical future of political campaigning?

Josh Smith, Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos Targeted online advertising has produced a...

Brexit has drawn back the curtain on Britain’s unwieldy coalitions

In one sense, the formation of The Independent Group on Monday came to many as a shock to the system....

A new Office for Responsible Technology

Jacob Ohrvik-Stott, Researcher for Doteveryone, an independent think tank championing responsible technology for a fairer future, contributed this piece for...

Politics for the Many

Remaking the state: Transforming Scotland for Worker and Citizen Power (Labour Fringe)

How can we update the old fashioned institutions and rules of British politics so that people really have power? Pauline...

Our Democracy

Local Democracy: How can we get real power to communities? (Labour Fringe)

Following years of community and civic engagement, there are suggestions for a new, radical way to organise Scotland’s Local Government....

quick solutions

Increasing the resilience of our democracy against misinformation

Cassie Staines, Senior Policy Officer at the independent fact-checking charity Full-Fact contributed this piece to our report Reining in the Political ‘Wild...

Avoiding America’s mega-spending election model

Kyle Taylor, Founder and Director of Fair Vote Project contributed this piece to our report Reining in the Political ‘Wild West’: Campaign...

The legal landscape: Micro-targeted politics and big data

Bethany Shiner, Lecture in Law, Middlesex University, London contributed this piece to our report Reining in the Political ‘Wild West’: Campaign Rules...