Axis of Reaction fails to hold back referendum

Voting Reform is the only meaningful response the government or opposition have offered since the expenses crisis. And tonight a referendum moved one step closer.

The votes are in, and with 365 ayes to 187 nays we’re finally in business.

Tonight’s vote has clearly demonstrated where some of our MPs’ priorities lie. We have a new coalition in British politics. And as they shuffled through the lobbies together, Conservatives and Labour’s rebel knuckle draggers stood united against change.

We now have a clear view of which politicians have faith in their voters, and which simply have faith in the status quo.

And if this Axis of Reaction needs a leader, they need look no further than Douglas Hogg, who we heard from early on in the debate. The man who says giving us a choice on we elect MPs is a waste of public money, but moat cleaning is a-ok. Well you'd be hard pressed to find a greater spokesperson for the First-Past-the-Post tendency than Dear Douglas.

Where to now? Well the action’s shifting to what they call the Other Place, home of our unelected second chamber. Voters need the final say on how they hire and fire their MPs, and the Lords would be wise not to get involved in that messy business we call democracy.