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Why voter ID checks are a threat to British democracy
My piece for IndyVoices on the Voter ID trials in May’s local elections: Why voter ID checks are a threat to British democracy “To improve democracy, we should constantly seek to widen participation and engage people, not find an excuse to prevent them from voting”
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I Wouldn’t Be At Oxford If My Parents Couldn’t Afford My Bus Pass, Which Is Why Labour’s New Policy is Crucial
This blog post was originally posted to Huffpost: I Wouldn’t Be At Oxford If My Parents Couldn’t Afford My Bus Pass, Which Is Why Labour’s New Policy is Crucial and Oxford Uni Labour: Why Labour’s New Bus Pass Policy is Crucial At the end of Year 11, I got a proper say in my education for the first…
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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…
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General election 2017: ‘This is the first time I can vote – and it will be wasted’
My interview with i: General election 2017: ‘This is the first time I can vote – and it will be wasted’ Although he has established a petition with almost quarter of a million signatures demanding political leaders introduce proportional representation to “Make Votes Matter“, teenager Owen Winter has a rather more pressing engagement come June. “My…
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