Tag: Labour Members

  • Labour4PR: Invite a speaker and call for electoral reform!

    Labour4PR: Invite a speaker and call for electoral reform!

    It’s a new year, and we are renewing our efforts for Labour to adopt Proportional Representation as party policy. You can see my case for doing so, in LabourList, here. So far, an unprecedented fifty-three (53) Constituency Labour Parties have passed motions calling on Labour to support PR for Westminster. Make Votes Matter has now added…

  • The case for mandatory reselection

    This was originally posted as an article for the Oxford University Labour Club blog: The Case for Mandatory Reselection  As the 2018 Labour Conference approaches, the debate around mandatory reselection is intensifying. For some MPs and their supporters, mandatory reselection is simply a tool for the left to purge the ‘moderates’ from the Party. This may…

  • Why is the Labour Party machine ignoring members on voting reform?

    My piece for LabourList on how Labour’s internal policy makers are dragging their heels on PR: Why is the Labour Party machine ignoring members on voting reform?