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Tag Archives: Labour Party
Merseyside requires Proportional Representation
This weekend I visited my family in Merseyside where I was born and grew up prior to moving to Sussex in 1978. I was interested to observe that throughout the Merseyside region that there are currently 15 MPs who cover … Continue reading
As Parliament closes, we need a new approach
Parliament will close down today and it is not due to reopen until Monday 5th September with either Elizabeth Truss or Rishi Sunak as the next Nations Prime Minister. Given that both of them have claimed they will not hold … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabeth Truss, Green Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Nick Gibb, Plaid Cymru, Rishi Sunak, SNP
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An important debate due this morning
According to this document from “They Work for You” which is shown here the Fossil fuel extraction which is being organised by Caroline Lucas is due to take place this morning. These lists are often changed or amended quite significantly. … Continue reading
A great opportunity to discuss democracy in Lewes
On Saturday in Lewes there is a fantastic event taking place from 10am to 5.30pm at the Lewes Town Hall. It is described as Community Wealth Building : A Day of Participative Discussion and it is being organised by the … Continue reading
How can we persuade more people to vote?
The result yesterday in Bexley and Sidcup could have led to a Labour to have won if they could have done a deal with the Liberal Democrats and the Greens and if they could have persuaded the supporters of the … Continue reading
We need to carry out a radical political approach
Over the weekend a significant article emerged in the Guardian/Observer which was written by Toby Helm that reflected on the data recently carried out by Best for Britain. The article is available on line here and it makes it very … Continue reading
Well done Unite – sad it didn’t happen last month!
So thank goodness the 80% support from Labour Party members has finally persuaded the Unite Trade Union to endorse a Proportional Representation approach for the future. The information is available here. Let us hope that in the very near future … Continue reading
It is time to achieve some form of cross party involvement
Living in a location like Sussex we currently have 16 Constituencies. Of these 16 locations at one time all 16 were Conservative dominated. Today there are three constituencies that are not Conservative controlled. In Brighton and Hove we have 3 … Continue reading
Election candidates should matter more than party membership
It feels very strange that although the various voting elements all took place last Thursday that today there are still some results that we are expecting will be completed today. Many of us can recall the days when elections took … Continue reading
Is this sort of open superficial corruption acceptable?
It is very clear that this article in the Daily Telegraph is not claiming that David Cameron has been corrupt. He has as many of us have read in other places apparently used his personal and historic contacts with a … Continue reading
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