Tag Archives: Electoral Reform Society

Square pegs and round holes


It seems hard to believe that a safe Tory seat would be offered to a candidate who had built a reputation from a business that publishes pornography, but that in effect is what has happened. Karren Brady who was unveiled in September as … Continue reading

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Do we get the representatives we deserve?


Less than a week after the end of the Conservative Party conference we are well into the election campaign for the General Election 2015 made a great deal easier for the parties to sustain because of the need to prepare … Continue reading

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Boris and broken political windows


The interview with Boris Johnson on Monday evening on Newsnight from Manchester revealed a great deal about the broken windows that litter our political landscape. In a  discussion with Jeremy Paxman strikingly similar to the one that the two men … Continue reading

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Who will control tomorrows election?


On last nights BBC Radio 4 Any Questions the panel was given the opportunity to speak about party political funding in the light of the bequest from Joan Edwards to the government of the day. The question from Axel Landon … Continue reading

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Don’t blank us again


The Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November 2012 were organised by the Home Office, a Government agency unused to such work. They have been widely criticised since by the Electoral Commission and Electoral Reform Society, two organisations whose focus is … Continue reading

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