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Tag Archives: elections
How Low Have we Sunk?
Standards in public life are perceived to be at an all-time low. This is a problem. It is a problem because it means that people don’t trust politicians and all those associated with politics (and that includes many public servants). … Continue reading
Democratic Deficit
I’ve written before about the antiquated and unfair voting system in the UK. But here, I’m going to widen this to look at the democratic system in the UK more broadly. We’ve just been subjected to weeks of rhetoric about … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Reform, Electoral Reform, Politics in context
Tagged democracy, elections, MPs, participation, political parties, transparency, UK
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Democracy, Voting and Fairness: Take 2
The Election Result The General Election 2015 is over. We’ve had the first few weeks of a new government which is so cock-a-hoop about its victory, it is rushing into all sorts of things that we’d probably wish they weren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Electoral Reform, Politics in context, Uncategorized
Tagged democracy, elections, MPs, political parties
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Vote for Policies Take 2
In January 2014, I came across a website called ‘Vote for Policies’ and I wrote about it here. Then, the basis of the survey and analysis were the 2010 manifestos of six political parties. Vote for Policies has just launched … Continue reading
Democracy, Voting, and Fairness
Yes, yes, yes, I know, we had a referendum about electoral reform and ‘we lost it’ as some would say. So why bang on about it? There are several reasons for this: but the most recent is the fact that … Continue reading
People vs Politicians – We Know What They Think – We Can Vote Accordingly
This post also appears on the Haringey Green Party website. It’s not often that you get a web link by pure chance that actually has useful and really interesting information. But just recently, someone sent me link to the website … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Headlines, NHS, Politics in context
Tagged democracy, elections, General Election, MPs, Party Policy, political parties, TTIP
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Participation, Politics and Constitutional Reform
I thought I’d write about something light for a change! No, seriously, the reason I’m writing this blog is three-fold – I care about electoral systems and about electoral reform in the UK because I firmly believe an intrinsically unfair … Continue reading
