Category: Opinion
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First Past The Post Is An Open Invitation To Malicious Online Interference
This was originally posted as a HuffPost article: First Past The Post Is An Open Invitation To Malicious Online Interference Data mining, dark ads, fake news, Russian bots… our voting system is acutely vulnerable to shady influences because of its fixation on marginal constituencies. We’re hearing a lot these days about sinister forces attempting to hijack…
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The left stands for the many – so we must embrace proportional representation
My piece for LabourList on the Labour case for Proportional Representation: The left stands for the many – so we must embrace proportional representation On June 8, I voted in my first general election. It was exciting. Labour denied Theresa May a majority, got itself back on track after trailing for so long, and I…
Owen Winter 