Ah, a good start. Next time implement some sort of PR. Maybe reversing the Tories’ change to FPTP for the Mayoral elections before the next general election too.
Seeing as they are following in the footsteps of the Welsh voting reforms with this news, I would hope that if all goes well then they will follow with the PR changes too. Although looking polling at how Labour are expected to fare in the Sennedd, maybe they will consider it not in their interests.
Oh wow, I’d missed that, thanks! With acknowledgement that this favoured the Tories it’s only a small step for them to realise it’ll favour them at a national level too… we can hope…
If we’re talking electoral and political reforms I have suggestion(s), please feel free to discuss in the thread below.
Change from electing a single MP to a team of two. One remains in the constituency holding regular surgerys for constituents to attend that are open from 2pm to 8pm so working people can still book appointments. The other goes to Westminster. Have them rotate so each person spends half their time in Westminster and half in the constituency.
A federated civic social network. Twitter naturally gravitating to being the “online townhall” was a disaster even before musk bought it. What is needed is each region to have a civic social network that are federated at the country level because expecting a private company to regulate what is allowed in public speech in an online public space will lead to conflicts of interest. This would allow communities to organise events, have a digital notice board, give news updates from local authorities, and have digital town halls where everyone behaves in a civil manner as sign-up requires registration with government ID and use of full government name.
It wouldn’t be a blog platform like twitter but governments need to invest in cyberspaces or they’ll all be run by corporations that gives them unreasonable amounts of power to control discussions.
Ah, a good start. Next time implement some sort of PR. Maybe reversing the Tories’ change to FPTP for the Mayoral elections before the next general election too.
Good news! Reversing the mayoral and PC changes were just in the news last week! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/10/ministers-propose-voting-changes-for-mayoral-elections-in-devolution-bill
Seeing as they are following in the footsteps of the Welsh voting reforms with this news, I would hope that if all goes well then they will follow with the PR changes too. Although looking polling at how Labour are expected to fare in the Sennedd, maybe they will consider it not in their interests.
Oh wow, I’d missed that, thanks! With acknowledgement that this favoured the Tories it’s only a small step for them to realise it’ll favour them at a national level too… we can hope…
I believe they have already done that for the mayors.
If we’re talking electoral and political reforms I have suggestion(s), please feel free to discuss in the thread below.
Change from electing a single MP to a team of two. One remains in the constituency holding regular surgerys for constituents to attend that are open from 2pm to 8pm so working people can still book appointments. The other goes to Westminster. Have them rotate so each person spends half their time in Westminster and half in the constituency.
A federated civic social network. Twitter naturally gravitating to being the “online townhall” was a disaster even before musk bought it. What is needed is each region to have a civic social network that are federated at the country level because expecting a private company to regulate what is allowed in public speech in an online public space will lead to conflicts of interest. This would allow communities to organise events, have a digital notice board, give news updates from local authorities, and have digital town halls where everyone behaves in a civil manner as sign-up requires registration with government ID and use of full government name.
It wouldn’t be a blog platform like twitter but governments need to invest in cyberspaces or they’ll all be run by corporations that gives them unreasonable amounts of power to control discussions.