The Conservatives oppose changing the UK's election system to the Alternate Vote in the coming referendum. But now the prospect of losing becomes attractive as AV could give the Coalition five more years.
Dylan Sharpe, head of press for No2AV, responds to Andy May of Yes to fairer votes.
Andy, I enjoyed our debate at the NUS conference and I am glad that
An early clash between the 'Yes' and 'No' campaigns as the UK heads towards a referendum on changing its voting system.
No2AV is up and running with a campaign website and an open letter from its chairman, Lord Leach, in which the Tory peer explains how our first past the post system is universally admired and solicits support. The No campaign is mounting its defence of the status quo with the bold, and somewhat co
There will be a purple rally on Tuesday evening calling on Ed Miliband to back the campaign for fairer votes.
Political thinker, historian and OurKingdom regular David Marquand discusses republicanism, the future of the left and the Labour party and the forthcoming referendum on AV.
What should be asked, loud and clear, is why are supposedly modern Conservatives defending the First Past the Post-system (FPTP) when it flies in the face of at least four core Tory values:
The Green Party Conference has just overwhelmingly passed my and London's Green MEP Jean Lambert's AV motion, thus committing us to backing AV in the referendum
In an important new pamphlet, seeking to persuade his party of the need to fight for reform in the forthcoming referendum on AV, Neal Lawson, chair of Compass, sets out why democracy should matter to Labour. Lawson argues that empowering the collective voice of the people will help achieve Labour'
It is one thing to offer the country a compromise, but the way Britain's Coalition government is going about reform is itself compromised as gruesomely displayed in the demoralising Commons debate on the AV referendum
The voodoo world of parliamentary sovereignty and Westminsterism is slowly and unceremoniously coming to an end in the UK.
Yesterday's Second Reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies bill should have been a historic moment in many ways, but it was marred by serious and widely-shared concerns with the whole process, not least the absence of pre-legislative scrutiny.
