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A referendum promised on the voting system - but bigger changes are needed

02.12.2009 // by Guy Aitchison // View comments
You may have seen the announcement in the paper's today that the government wants to hold a referendum on the voting system. More »
Bridging the political divide…

01.12.2009 // by Guy Aitchison // View comments
POWER2010 is a movement that aims to bridge across the political divides, so that people of all different shades of opinion, can (hopefully!) come together on the fundamental principles of how our democracy should work. More »
Ideas: Full devolution

01.12.2009 // by Guest // View comments
"Power should be completely devolved to the respective parliaments in the United Kingdom." More »
Ideas: Two party candidates per seat

01.12.2009 // by Guest // View comments
"Every party contesting more than 50 seats would be obliged to field two candidates for each seat." More »
Ideas: Second chamber elected regionally

01.12.2009 // by Guest // View comments
"We should radically reform the second chamber so that it is directly elected on a regional list basis and that articulates regional needs, linking more formally to Regional Select Committees and with nominees from an elected regional body that resides within each English region." More »