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Terrorists don’t install disabled toilets

Bad idea: Political police

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The crying policeman

Backtrack or derail

Backtrack or derail

A pledge to renationalise the railways would be a clear vote-winner. So why do passengers’ demands fall on deaf ears?

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Penance for our sins

In the days of the empire, Britain imposed its voting system on other countries. Many of those ex-colonies have moved on, but others are lagging behind

I am a convert to the cause

Restoring voters’ faith in the electoral system through reform should be the first duty of the next Conservative government, writes the former Tory MP Michael Brown

PR is so un-British

Our media are wedded to first-past-the-post because it makes for a great front page and somehow captures our eccentricity

At last the tide is turning

Until very recently, it was generally assumed that first-past-the-post was natural to Britain. Now, the country has no fewer than four other electoral systems in operation. PR is becoming difficult, if not impossible, to hold back

Electoral Reform: a bluffer's guide

Feel that casting your vote never seemed so complicated? We take you through the systems, formulas and voting types

A breed apart

The Commons has a disproportionate number of privately educated white men – not exactly representative of wider society

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