Emma
@emmacampaigner.bsky.social
Arsenal STH, charity do gooder, pug rescuer, nature lover, mudlarker. Tediously politically correct.Occasionally profane, usually polite. Democratic champion #MakeVotesMatter
Lib Dems to force vote on donation cap commission Lisa Smart MP on reports Burnham won't back a cap: "This is totally unacceptable and leaves our democracy dangerously exposed. Lib Dems will force the donation cap commission to a vote when the bill returns & we expect many Labour MPs will join us."
When things are tough at work, I look at the amazing things our network does to reach across divides to talk about a fairer voting system for all and commit to working even harder for #PRNow
MVM Warrington@mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · last wk.Tonight we are enjoying a "Pints for PR" Social Gathering. #ProportionalRepresentation
Little piece from me for @arguablymag.bsky.social on why we Westminster electoral reform is more plausible now than it has been for generations www.arguably.uk/p/electoral-...
Electoral reform has never been closer
The three key ingredients are now in place
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Under First Past the Post, some seats are seen as "battlegrounds" and others as ones that can be safely ignored. To really "put power in every postcode", Andy Burnham needs to address this fundamental injustice. New article in @left-foot-forward.bsky.social by our CEO @emmacampaigner.bsky.social:
If Andy Burnham wants to deliver power in every postcode, he has to overhaul our broken democracy
If it doesn't happen, "power in every postcode" will take its place alongside levelling up: a phrase that moved attention around the country without ever moving power.
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Burnham has already backed a review of the voting system by an independent commission. The new PM should launch this in the first 100 days of his premiership. To continue with first-past-the-post would put our democracy on a dangerous trajectory, writes @electoralreform.bsky.social's Darren Hughes
Burnham should take the first steps towards electoral reform in his first 100 days
As Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister, he does so in a Parliament produced by the most unrepresentative general election result on record.
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⏰Andy Burnham: it’s time to fix our broken voting system! 👇Add your name to the open letter 👇 actionnetwork.org/petitions/an... @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social
An excellent post by @pimlicat.bsky.social. such a smart and thoughtful woman. Well worth subscribing to the Best for Britain substack
Naomi Smith@pimlicat.bsky.social · last mo.There is a piece of history that every defender of first past the post should know. It is the story of exactly how the Nazis rose to power, and it is a story about electoral systems as much as it is about ideology. open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
Let's turn down the hate: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-...
This week has seen new calls for compulsory voting from both @ippr.org and @demos-uk.bsky.social, and compulsory voting amendments tabled to the Elections Bill by both @antoniabance.bsky.social and @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social
Nick Garland@npjgarland.bsky.social · last mo.🧵 Progressives need to think much more ambitiously about citizenship: it can't only be a debate about the "who" - the boundaries of citizenship. Our new @ippr.org report today makes the case for a new politics of "democratic citizenship": www.ippr.org/articles/the...
Heartbreaking to see the fires in Los Gallardos. My parents have lived there on and off for 20 years. It's a beautiful community.
So refreshing to hear a politician actually answer the questions
Well this is interesting. When a cyclist hit me while jumping the red light, the police said there was no evidence and yet, at this exact spot, there's a camera. It's almost as if they didn't want to do the paperwork
Wowsers. This is a must see.
Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 2mo ago📣 OUR FIRST EVER LIVE SHOW 📣 We are excited to join up with @lincolnproject.us and @bylinesnetwork.co.uk @bylinetimes.bsky.social in a special show at Leicester Sq Theatre on 30 July to discuss how we beat authoritarians on both sides of the Atlantic www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/the-aut...
He thinks The Establishment is ganging up on him. Yes, England really is this bonkers.
I appear to be listening to racism half hour on @lbc.co.uk right now. Avoid.
"Few things could more astutely summarise the state of our national politics in 2026, than the spectacle of such a ludicrous character, whose head looks like a grey bucket with a gaping mouth drawn on it, standing in a totally pointless by-election against Count Binface."
Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 2mo ago📣 NEW EPISODE 📣 Join us and @jeevunsandher.bsky.social as we talk: 🤑 Has Farage misfired? 🤬 Why is he so brittle? ⚖️ Should the regulator do more? 🗑️ Binface’s brilliance 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6Uuf...
It's so hard to get PIP, the idea that anyone can get it is ridiculous. I could hardly walk for three years and I didn't qualify #r4today
Assuming Reform is doing poorly in the Manchester Mayoral contest. It would be a shame if they did poorly in Clacton too.
I know a fair few politicians, they all have stories about being attacked and abused but most of them keep it quiet because they don't want to draw more attention. A certain former MP for Clacton would do well to remember that he's not the only person who faces abuse. #BBCPM
“Things change in this country when ordinary people say 'we demand change'. This is one of the issues that is starting to feel louder and louder at the moment. I think there is that level of consensus that we can't carry on with the system we currently have.” 🗨️ Angela Rayner on LBC this morning
Naomi Smith explains why the new research by Frontier Economics is crucial in shaping the debate around EU membership: "We've had lots of political figures calling for different kinds of relationships with the EU. We wanted to ensure that those debates were happening armed with actual numbers."
It is time for Britain to rejoin the EU. We cannot afford to waste anymore time indulging in economic self-sabotage.
A decade on from Brexit, the new PM has big calls to make on Europe
A decade on from Brexit, the EU is more cohesive than many expected, but faces growing pressure from within.
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Keir Starmer was the UK's sixth Prime Minister in a decade. Now we're about to get yet another one. Please tell us again how the First Past the Post voting system delivers strong and stable governments.
"Longtime backer of fairer elections, Burnham should appoint his promised national commission on proportional representation now" Yes, @pollytoynbee.bsky.social ! @makevotesmatter.bsky.social now! Andy Burnham: first impressions are everything | Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Starmer eyes the exit, here’s a vital lesson for Andy Burnham: first impressions are everything | Polly Toynbee
If the Makerfield MP is to be our next PM, he needs some immediate and memorable cost of living policies to avoid his predecessor’s fate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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@mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social supporters make the call to #WakeUpWesminster ! at Sean Henry's 'Catafalque (Lying Man)' sculpture in Woking. The UK has a dysfunctional 2-party voting system in a multi-party landscape. We need to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and @appgfairelections.bsky.social
It's very good to see electoral reform becoming the consensus position within Labour
Labour4PR 🌹🗳️@labour4pr.bsky.social · 3mo ago“Wes Streeting is expected to throw his weight behind electoral reform... [he] has yet to set out his position on overhauling the voting system in the UK, but @theipaper.com understands he is supportive of changing the First Past the Post system” 🌹 #Labour4PR
