A forthcoming proposal to change the time zone raises an interesting question about how our parliamentary democracy represents the diverse interests of this country. Putting the clocks forward by one
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A common contemporary complaint is that British politicians are now all too similar. There is not enough diversity at the top. (See, for example, “The fall of the meritocracy” by
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Letter published in The Times, 10 January 2011 Sir, Daniel Finkelstein (Opinion, Jan 5) wonders why supporters of what he calls “pure proportional representation” might support the Alternative Vote. Here
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In the light of the forthcoming referendum on replacing First Past The Post with Alternative Vote for general elections, an interesting seminar yesterday looked at what difference it might have
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The Federal Union committee discussed the forthcoming referendum on electoral reform at its meeting on 13 September and reached the following conclusions. Scope Different federations around the world use different
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One of the basic tenets of federalism is that all citizens should be equal. People living in different member states within a federation might have different rights and duties with
Are all voters equal? Read More »
One of the planks of the coalition government’s platform is to reduce the number of members of the House of Commons and redraw the boundaries so that each constituency has
Keep Cornwall whole! Read More »
The proposal to hold the AV referendum on the same day as local and devolved elections next year has put Labour in a spin. One Labour politician is quoted in
As Gordon Brown gets closer to becoming prime minister and accordingly tries to accentuate his Englishness, his opponents are trying to raise the barrier of his being Scottish. The latest
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