There’s little surprise that Ratcliffe and Farage harbour respect for each other. As well as both loathing immigration, Reform’s top donors use similar offshore arrangements, 75% of their funding comes from just three mega wealthy men with offshore ties.
Electoral reform will not transform our political culture overnight, but refusing to confront fragmentation will make effective governance permanently impossible.
Reform could come close to winning a majority on as little as 27% of the national vote share
Lib Dem MP Lisa Smart says Labour may realise proportional representation is “in their best interests to stop Nigel Farage becoming PM”.
Our message to politicians is ignore these results at your peril!
Confidence in British politics is “through the floor”, according to the APPG for Fair Elections
‘Our democracy is on the ballot’
At this summer’s general election, only just over half of the votes of all registered postal voters living overseas were counted. Many were denied that right. But as a new report demonstrates, solutions are at hand.
Proportional is clearly more democratic than first-past-the-post. But European far-right shifts and the growth of Reform UK are not good optics.
Labour won the election with promises to partially reform the Lords, clean up politics, and improve access to elections.
