Momentum with change as AV referendum gets the green light
It’s official: the alternative vote referendum will go ahead on Thursday, May 5th – exactly 11 weeks from now, reports Shamik Das.
It’s official: the alternative vote referendum will go ahead on Thursday, May 5th – exactly 11 weeks from now, reports Shamik Das.
In the general election of 1964, Peter Griffiths, a “Tory nonentity”, shot to victory with a racist slogan; ‘Skin-Deep Democracy: How race, religion and ethnicity continue to affect Westminster politics’ (pdf), a new report published today by Quilliam, shows that a lot has changed since then – but also warns that the parties could do more to promote integration through equal involvement in Westminster politics.