The Reformer

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Foreign influence, not voter fraud, is the biggest threat to our democracy

“Do we need to start messaging ‘widespread reports of election fraud’, so we are positively set up for the recount...

The threat of dark money goes beyond Brexit

Two and a half years on from the EU referendum, the result is still being discussed and debated. Arguably more...

America polling station

How the Democrats could win the popular vote but not control of the House

Brenda from Bristol famously cried “not another one!” at the news that we were to hold an election in 2017,...

House of Lords

Lords lost in stasis as fake reforms go nowhere

Politics is often dominated by disagreements, but one thing almost everyone agrees on is this: the House of Lords is...

cemetery of first past the post

Four countries where First Past the Post is dead and buried

As a Halloween treat, we thought we’d have a spooky stroll around the graveyard of First Past the Post. Around...

Inside the backbench burial ground of Private Members’ Bills

Most of the legislation that Parliament passes is introduced and backed by the government. But for thirteen Fridays in each...

ERS in the Press – October 2018

This month we’ve had some fantastic coverage of our issues in the press, here’s just a highlight. Calls to lower...

House of Lords libary

Lords are lobbying – our second chamber is leaving us open to foreign interference

A story last week showed the House of Lords for what it really is: a lobbyist’s paradise. As revealed by...

Ontario and Québec look towards electoral reform

We’ve covered the exciting moves towards fair votes in British Columbia and Prince Edward Island – two Canadian provinces looking...

Ireland and blasphemy: Another landmark day for deliberative democracy

It sometimes seems that Ireland is having referendums every week – and today voters there are once again heading to...

House of Lords

4 things wrong with the latest ‘reform’ claims from the House of Lords…

If a new proclamation is to be believed, the UK’s unelected second chamber is apparently ‘on course’ to reduce in...

Voters in 1945, Holborn

In 1951 more people voted Labour than Conservative, yet the Conservatives formed the government

The General Election on this day in 1951 couldn’t have been more decisive. Six years since Labour’s victory in 1945,...