Referendum
Labour should support a “Yes” vote on AV
With a date now set for a referendum on switching the electoral system to the Alternative Vote, a debate will no doubt rage inside both the Labour and Conservative parties as to how they should campaign.
AV referendum to be announced next week & held in May
Left Foot Forward understands from a source close to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister that the timetable for the promised referendum on AV will be announced next week, and that the referendum itself is most likely to be scheduled to coincide with the May 2011 Local Elections.
Tory backbencher wants vote on 1957 Euro Treaty
Climate-denying Conservative MP Douglas Carswell has tabled a bill demanding a referendum on the 1957 Treaty or Rome - the founding treaty of the European Union
Irish ayes smile on Europe as Farage cries “fix”
Nigel Farage has described the Irish referendum result - in which twice as many people voted ‘yes’ to the Lisbon Treaty as ‘no’ - as a “fix”
Mandelson: “Electoral reform will be addressed in the coming months”
Lord Mandelson today confirmed that the Government was seriously contemplating holding a referendum on electoral reform.