Tag Archives: Electoral Reform

How and when will the buck stop?

Posted on May 11, 2017 by ianchisnall

Its perhaps a relief in the very short term that the CPS has decided to take no action against most of the small number of MPs whose campaigns were rigged by the application of large sums of funds from the … Continue reading →

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What is the regulated period?

Posted on April 19, 2017 by ianchisnall

One of the problems for all MPs today is that they are faced with voting for a U turn on at least two of the Acts that they voted into law while David Cameron was Prime Minister. No doubt there … Continue reading →

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Electoral reform

Posted on July 23, 2016 by ianchisnall

I regularly write about the need for a reform of our democratic processes and structures. With one or two notable exceptions, most people I speak to about these things, and most people who respond to my blogs and postings agree … Continue reading →

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An intriguing line up

Posted on September 24, 2015 by ianchisnall

The voters of North West Durham went to the polls on 9th April 1992 faced with the choice of their sitting MP, Hilary Armstrong who is now Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top and two young candidates who frankly had no … Continue reading →

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A new form of Politics is needed

Posted on May 9, 2015 by ianchisnall

This weeks election means that for many of us our political landscape has changed and it is useful to reflect in a bit of detail what impact the election has or should have had. For several decades I have worked … Continue reading →

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The day that Scotland went yellow

Posted on April 30, 2015 by ianchisnall

If as predicted in some polls, the SNP win all of the seats in Scotland, or even if they win all but one or two, it seems very likely that the attitude of both Labour and Conservative parties to electoral … Continue reading →

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Low turnout is likely

Posted on June 18, 2014 by ianchisnall

Full credit to Angela Eagle MP who according to a BBC website has concluded that a number of practical changes are needed to help to increase democratic participation following a review entitled ‘peoples politics enquiry’. The BBC article has reported … Continue reading →

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We need credible electoral systems

Posted on May 25, 2014 by ianchisnall

There is no such thing as a perfect electoral system. Our various elected representatives are currently elected under three different mechanisms. The dominant first past the post arrangement in use in local government and British Parliamentary elections, is at variance from the … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain, Westminster style

Posted on January 30, 2014 by ianchisnall

Mark Twain is reputed to have said that  everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. When the rain has stopped and the surface water has left the Somerset Levels, one of the issues that MPs will … Continue reading →

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Join me in changing the system

Posted on November 10, 2013 by ianchisnall

“If you don’t like the politicians you’ve got, kick them out and elect new ones, if you don’t like the political system, then change the political system” Nicola Sturgeon MSP “Give us the hard time we deserve to make sure … Continue reading →

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