The British voting system is broken
The Institute for Public Policy Research’s Richard Darlington argues that the UK’s voting system is now broken and the era two party politics is at an end.
Richard Darlington
Website Richard is Head of News at IPPR. He was Special Adviser to Douglas Alexander at DFID and advised Douglas Alexander in his role as Labour's General Election Co-ordinator. After the election he was Head of the Open Left project at Demos and was previously Special Adviser to Ruth Kelly at DfE.
Milibands face challenge with ‘mainstream’ voters
A new poll from Demos and YouGov reveals the scale of the challenge facing the new leader of the Labour Party, Richard Darlington, head of Open Left, explains.
The right didn’t win but the left did lose
New polling by YouGov for Demos shows why Labour lost the last election. But it doesn’t mean – as Janet Daley – claims that the right has won the argument either.
Half-time team talk for Labour leadership candidates
Now for a half-time team talk for the Labour leadership campaign teams: “You are out on your feet and fear of making a mistake is encouraging you to play it safe.” Candidates and campaign managers spent enough time with each other travelling the country and in Labour’s sweaty war room during the general election, but the pep talk has a familiar ring to it…
Leadership race comes alive with debate on immigration
At the New Statesman hustings last night, the most lively, passionate, interesting and important exchanges came during the question on immigration.