Involving both the public and all parties in shaping reforms on how they vote will be crucial.
- Professor of Democratic Politics, UCL
It’s not impossible, but don’t expect a change before the next election.
A citizens’ assembly calls for stronger sanctions for rule breaking MPs.
El primer ministro británico sigue insistiendo en que al votante medio le importa más que él “siga haciendo su trabajo” que las fiestas que protagonizó en Downing Street durante el confinamiento. Pero puede estar equivocado.
Boris Johnson continues to insist the public cares more that he ‘gets on with the job’ than what happened in Downing Street over lockdown. But he may be wrong.
No-one wants to run a ‘No’ campaign these days but it actually won’t make much of a difference.
The government’s legislative plan for its final year has been set out in the Queen’s speech. It most notably contains a recall bill that will allow voters to sack MPs who are jailed or who have committed…
The Scottish referendum campaign has finally caught fire. After months of bland nothingness, the coordinated interventions of George Osborne, Ed Balls, Danny Alexander, and (most extraordinarily) Treasury…
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