The Reformer

House of Lords

Cutting numbers can’t be the end of the road for Lords reform

It’s a sad but true fact that, in general, it’s not good news that brings the need for Lords reform...

Missing in Richmond: voter choice

Well, the results are in. Campaigners campaigned, and voters voted. But not all was well. Because the elephant in the...

Adeiladu Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cryfach ("Ni mynd i fod angen cwch mwy…")

Adeiladu Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cryfach ( “Ni mynd i fod angen cwch mwy…”) O ystyried y swnami sydd wedi siglo ein...

Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament

Building a stronger National Assembly, or why ‘We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat…’

Given the tidal waves that have rocked our politics this year, it may seem an unusual time to be discussing...

Wedi Brexit, mae’n hen bryd cael Senedd mwy a chryfach

‘Boed i chi fyw mewn cyfnod difyr’ medd yr hen dywediad Tseiniaidd. A ni all neb gwadu ein bod yn...

Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament

After Brexit, it’s time for a bigger, stronger Senedd

‘May you live in interesting times’ goes the old Chinese curse. And few could deny that we do: Brexit, a...

Amid a shrinking Commons, let’s stand up for the backbencher

This article was first published on Politics.co.uk A steady rise in independent-minded MPs has been a positive feature of Westminster...

Cutting the number of MPs will have consequences. Let’s get this right

This article was first published in the Times You might have forgotten about it, but the government’s boundary review – the redrawing...

How Trump won the Presidency despite not winning the most votes

So that sure was an election.  Whatever happened in the US presidential election it was always going to be a...

Maine ranked choice voting

Maine makes history as first state to back fair votes

As the world analyses the result of the US Presidential election, there’s one result you might have missed. On Tuesday...

Trump

How Trump could win the Presidency even if he doesn’t win the most votes

It’s election day in the United States, and that means all the pageantry and spectacle one comes to expect with...

House of Lords

1,000 new Peers? No thanks

“If the Lords was obstructive we would just have to create 1,000 peers.” So said Jacob Rees-Mogg MP on Thursday, following...