Tag: Elections
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Greens overtake AfD in Germany: why does the British media report European elections so badly?
A poll of German voters has shown Die Grünen ahead of far right Alternative für Deutschland. The poll shows Merkel’s CDU ahead on 31% followed by the SPD on 17%, the Greens are in 3rd at 15%, narrowly overtaking AfF on 14% who are trailed by Die Linke and the FDP on 10 and 8%.…
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Less Than a Third of Adults Believe Britain’s Democracy is Worth Celebrating
This was originally posted as a HuffPost article: Less Than a Third of Adults Believe Britain’s Democracy is Worth Celebrating Monday 2 July marked the beginning of the Government’s ‘National Democracy Week’, a week long celebration of British democracy which coincided with the 90th anniversary of equal voting rights for women. However, not everyone is in…
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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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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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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…
Owen Winter 