How PR changes politics, Scotland conference & other news
With the Conservatives on the ropes and a general election coming later in the year, the #Labour4PR movement is continuing to push for action on electoral reform by Labour in government. Keep reading below for a round-up of some of February’s highlights.
Throughout the year there will be work ongoing behind the scenes to thrash out and shape the party’s agenda for government - and we’ll be campaigning in public to elect the most pro-PR set of Labour MPs ever.
One of those future MPs could be Jessica Toale, Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Bournemouth West. Jess has written an article for Fabian Review: Introducing PR would change the way people feel about politics.
If you’re impressed by what you read, you can make your way to Bournemouth West - or another location around the UK - for a #Labour4PR Canvassing session, where you can help to get the strongest PR advocates elected as Labour MPs.
Also this month, the Labour for a New Democracy team headed to Glasgow for the 2024 Scottish Labour Conference. Read below for some highlights of conference and our fringe event.
Introducing PR would change the way people feel about politics
By Jessica Toale
“More worrying is the number of people are who tell me they are not going to vote at all. They feel disillusioned with politics and the political classes. They do not feel represented or that their vote matters. They often say: "You're all the same." Come the next election, the greatest trick the Conservatives could pull is to convince voters that we are all as bad as each other and that no one will do a better job…”
💥 "To truly deliver transformational change in this country, Labour must address the flaws in our voting system & build greater levels of trust with the electorate"
— LCER (@Labour4PR) March 27, 2024
👏 Great piece by @JessicaToale, PPC for Bournemouth West in @thefabians#Labour4PR 🌹https://t.co/94gKRatgSk
#Labour4PR Canvassing
Join one of our upcoming canvassing sessions in support of pro-PR Labour PPCs - or sign up to get invites to future sessions.
⚠️ “There’s a deep and poisonous alienation in British democracy… approaching half of the votes cast at general elections are meaningless because they don’t go to any winning candidate” @PaulJSweeney's comments echoed @UKLabour's official policy on First Past the Post
— LCER (@Labour4PR) February 17, 2024
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🗳️ This needs to be addressed in government
— LCER (@Labour4PR) February 17, 2024
As Lynn Henderson, chair of @Politics4Many said:
⚡️ “Our democracy needs rewiring and we are the electricians… Labour, for the first time since Keir Hardy, is in a position to be elected with pro-PR policy”
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As our own @osbornecaro said:
— LCER (@Labour4PR) February 17, 2024
⚖️ "Anas is right that we can return devolution to its founding principles. But Labour in government must go further: by returning our whole democracy to its principles of equality and fairness".
🌹 #Labour4PR
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