Unaccountable politicians. Silenced voices. A democracy in crisis. Our relationship with our MPs begins and ends at the ballot box. But our voting system has left us weak, and them strong. It dictates whose votes count and whose views matter. It decides which MPs are safe to enjoy jobs for life – all expenses paid. It has set the rules for our broken politics.
Today our politicians need to trust the British people. Give us the power to decide the future of our Parliament. Give us a referendum on a new voting system. Give us the chance to Vote for a Change.
After everything The Sun had to say about the possibility of a hung parliament we're hardly suprised by their reaction to news of our referendum.
Today's edition of the red top leads with the supposed price tag of the AV vote, and the not so suprising fact recession hit voters aren't that keen on spending millions. Funny that, we didn't detect any hostility coming from Wapping over the cost of a more >
Circle May 5th 2011 in your diary. We’ve got ourselves a referendum.
News broke yesterday that Nick Clegg was ready to announce a referendum next week.
Suddenly “next week” turned into Friday, as the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10483841.stm weighed in, and Twitter and Facebook started lighting up with speculation.
It’s calming down now. The facts are that we’re still waiting on the … more >
Another Queen's Speech is upon us. And another missed opportunity.
This coalition has agreed - in principle - to deliver a referendum on the voting system. But the devil is always in the detail - or the lack of it.
Her Majesty processed to parliament yesterday, to unveil the coalitions legislative programme. Those assembled were left guessing as to the date of the vote.
To sidestep the date of the … more >
What a week. Well together we've managed to hang parliament and forced David and Nick to work together . This gave us the opportunity we had been looking for.
The talks between parties where the best chance to apply pressure for a referendum on reform.
So thats is what we did with our partner organisations under the banner Take Back Parliament.
We helped organise the fantastic demo on sat you … more >
Today Simon Cowell warns Sun readers about "months of stupid arguments and then a dull compromise".
It’s hard to know if he’s talking hung parliaments or the next series of X-Factor, but either way voters are seeing through the myths.
We’re used to being patronised by politicians and the press, but with 24 hours to go they’re pulling out all the stops. Elder statesmen offer us sermons, … more >