Just Tom... 🐁Mar 2

A Labour Party

"...who believes not only in proportional representation, but that embracing it “paves the way for agreement with other parties on wider reforms: an elected senate of the nations and regions to replace the Lords and maximum devolution of power out of Westminster”. With that will come “a more honest and collaborative way of doing politics”, which sounds like something very different from Labour’s current monopolistic, arrogant mindset and methods." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/01/labour-stubborn-defeat-end-political-20th-century-gorton-denton

Labour is stubborn in defeat because it knows this: we face the belated end of the political 20th century

In Gorton and Denton, I heard again and again that people wanted seismic political change – Labour and the Tories are no longer part of that conversation, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian
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@tompearce49 I think it is best not to link urgently needed electoral reform to replacing the House of Lords. The Lords have been more reliable at representing the will of the (English and Welsh, at least) people than the elected chamber over the last few years so that change will be tangled in the weeds for years.

We NEED a simple change to a transferable votes system to save British democracy. It's obviously fairer than #FPTP and a very simple change to replace the need for tactical voting.

Mar 2 at 10:14amWeb