Anthony Barnett: England, ethno-nationalism and what I told Andy Burnham
The author on the break-up of Britain and why Burnham must embrace constitutional reform
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Compulsory voting can save British democracy
Our political crisis is grave. Muscular measures can solve it.
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People complain about first-past-the-post – but everyone knew the rules
The Liberal Democrats showed how the system should be played.
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Carla Denyer: “Under proportional representation, Labour might split in two”
The co-leader of the Green Party on electoral success, climate spending and voting reform.
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Would proportional representation really doom the Tories?
The centre right has regularly governed in western European countries with proportional systems.
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It’s political suicide for Labour to ditch first past the post
Proportional representation would fracture the party and cut if off from its history.
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How the Republican Party is undermining trust in public life
Corrosive public attitudes are the culmination of 40 years of the party’s relentless anti-government rhetoric.
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Why first-past-the-post steals elections for right-wing parties – and how to stop it
Given a fair chance at the ballot box, British voters would elect more progressive governments.
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