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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

First past the post - undemocratic

The Tory's decision to change the voting system to First Past the Post had a major effect on the results of the Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioners elections.

Voters were not able to choose a second preference, and most of the winning candidates did not get the support of the majority of their electors.

The UK’s party leaders must commit to introducing a fair voting system to elect Mayors and Police and Crime Commissioners.

#Petition:

https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/149429/petition/1

#elections #FPTP #ProportionalRepresentation #ToryCorruption #FairVotes

A fairer system

Changing the voting system to First Past the Post had a major effect on the results of the Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioners elections. The UK’s party leaders must commit to introducing a fair voting system to elect Mayors and Police and...

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

The row over Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list highlights why it should be the last

'Grubby horse trading' in UK government

The recent days have seen the national focus pulled onto the House of Lords through the public row between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson over the latter’s resignation honours list.

While the spat has provided high political drama it has also shown how low our constitutional politics has sunk. The varying accounts of what Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak agreed over the honours list have pulled back the curtain on the grubby horse-trading that goes on around choosing who sits in the upper chamber.

Yet, the impact of this list will last long after the melodrama between the Prime Minister and his predecessor has subsided. For instance, each of the seven new peers has been handed a job-for-life in parliament, which means potentially decades of influence legislating for the public, with which most have had little meaningful contact.

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/the-row-over-this-resignation-honours-list-highlights-why-it-should-be-the-last/?utm_medium=Diaspora

#Honours #Lords #ToryFascistDictatorship #constitutional #DemocracyNotAutocracy #peers #legislating #parliament #ToryScum #ProportionalRepresentation #PR #voting #vote #FairVotes

The row over Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list highlights why it should be the last

The recent days have seen the national focus pulled onto the House of Lords through the public row between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson over the latter’s resignation honours list.Whi

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

Vote 2024 Pledge

The 2024 General Election will take place after almost 15 years of Conservative government.

After all that time, we're left with:

  • The cost of living spiralling
  • The NHS on the brink of collapse
  • Crime rates out of control
  • Young people struggling get onto the first rung of the housing ladder.

We need a new government, but our broken voting system makes it harder than it should be to get the change the country is crying out for.

Take our pledge and commit to voting to the best place party to beat the government in your constituency at the next general election. Whatever your politics, it's time to let someone else have a go at running the country.

https://www.bestforbritain.org/vote_2024_pledge

#ToryFascistDictatorship #TacticalVoting #VotingTactically #GeneralElection #ToriesOut #ToryScum #ToryScumOut #DemocracyNotAutocracy #Voting #FairVotes #ProportionalRepresentation #PR

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

Just 7% want Boris Johnson's resignation honours - do you want them?

The public are sick and tired of political patronage and seeing prime ministers pack the House of Lords with their friends and supporters.

Our exclusive new polling found that found just 7% of people support Boris Johnson’s plans to hand out dozens of new peerages, months after he left office.

It is time to end this squalid, undemocratic practice and replace the bloated Lords with a smaller elected second chamber where the people of this country, not ex-prime ministers, decide who shapes the laws we all live under.

Add your name to those opposed to these appointments:
https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/124207/petition/1?utm_medium=diaspora

#ToryCronyism #DemocracyNotAutocracy #BorisJohnson #Lords #UnitedKingdom #ElectoralDictatorship #ProportionalRepresentation #undemocratic

Add your name: Are you in the majority opposed to Boris's new peerages?

Enough is enough. There are reports that the former Prime Minister is trying to hand out dozens of peerages to his supporters - and we'll have to pick up the tab.

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