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When historians attack!
I have always associated those who sign their names to letters published in the quality press with the self-regarding, solipsistic and self-consciously important chattering classes. Well, maybe the...
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Confused by AV?
For those confused by the many arguments being bandied around over the merits or otherwise of the Alternative Vote, the Political Studies Association have just released a short, and relatively easy to...
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Labour and AV: the truth
In a speech launching the Labour Yes to AV campaign Ed Milband claimed that his support for electoral reform was consistent with ‘Labour’s history of campaigning for change’. Miliband implied Ramsay...
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AV: talking to us like idiots
The AV campaign represented a chance to transcend Westminster party politics and engage in a genuinely inclusive debate about how we are governed. Both the Yes and No camps have however adopted the...
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A clash of myths
The AV referendum campaign has not been a good advert for those who claim the educative value of referenda. It’s been a clash of myths, in which arguments have been deployed that, at best, are...
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May 5th elections: expert comment
May 5th 2011 is a crucial day for British politics, with the referendum on whether the Alternative Vote should replace First Past The Post for Parliamentary elections. But there are also widespread...
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AV: how No won
‘Too often the debate has been about party politics and the public has been shut out of discussing how we choose our MPs.’ So said Katie Ghose, Chair of the euphemistically titled YES! to Fairer Votes...
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