Tag: PR
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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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Make Votes Matter Polling, 8th-11th June 2018
A new poll by ICM, on behalf of Make Votes Matter, shows overwhelming support for PR. Tables here: ICM-Omnibus-National-Democracy-Week Q1. The government has recently announced plans for ‘National Democracy Week’, a week-long celebration of British democracy. Do you think British democracy is something worth celebrating at the moment? Yes – 32% No – 43% Don’t know –…
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Meet the Movement: Make Votes Matter and the Fight for Proportional Representation
An interview with Noah Merrin for Palatinate, a Durham Uni student paper: Meet the Movement: Make Votes Matter and the Fight for Proportional Representation
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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…
Owen Winter 