Politics for the Many are delighted to launch The New Foundations, an important collection of essays at Open Labour’s 2021 Conference on 21st March. The British state is a legacy of an empire and society long since transformed by technological and social upheavals. So why hasn’t it evolved? In The New Foundations, a bold new collection of essays, thinkers from […]
The Road to Conference: Why PR? Why now? How to make it happen! With Proportional Representation shaping up to be one of the biggest issues at Labour conference this year, join us for the launch of the Labour for a New Democracy Roadshow - a season of online events about why electoral reform is critical to delivering the Labour Party's […]
The purely democratic problems with First Past the Post are widely known. What's less well understood is the profound implications it has for progressive parties, voters and politics. Renown academics Jonathan Rodden and Rob Ford join Debbie Abrahams MPs to explore these issues. Why does First Past the Post have a right wing bias? How can Proportional Representation level the […]
With politicians like Donald Trump, Victor Orban and Boris Johnson taking unbridled power under winner-takes-all systems, it's time for a look at how first past the post hands power to extremists. Join us for our fourth Roadshow event, featuring Billy Bragg, MPs Rachael Maskell and Stephen Kinnock and LCER's Maria Iacovou - chaired by Compass' Frances Foley. We'll be discussing […]
Is our current system really the best way to achieve radical policies like the Green New Deal, or can a new democracy get us there faster? Join the discussion at this event co-hosted with Momentum. Featuring an open discussion including Clive Lewis MP, trade union climate activist Sam Mason, American academic Salomon Orellana, chaired by Momentum's Ana Oppenheim. Book here: […]
The powerful levers of the state are being used to undo rights and freedoms, attack communities and lock people out of their democratic rights. Growing mistrust of politics and politicians is opening the door to a resurgent authoritarian right. Empowerment is perhaps the most important thing the trade union movement can offer people. Only by putting democracy at the heart […]
Join Labour for a New Democracy for Why First Past the Post doesn’t add up for Labour. At its founding, the Labour Party was committed to Proportional Representation. But as Labour came to replace the Liberals as the second party of British politics, it came to embrace First Past the Post. Yet over the century that followed, FPTP has delivered neither the fair […]
Join Labour for a New Democracy for the big event of conference: The #Labour4PR Rally! They’ll be joined by an amazing line-up of speakers from right across the political spectrum of the Labour Party, who will give their short pitch about why Labour needs to back PR. Perfect as inspiration for anyone hoping to speak in favour of PR on the […]
To transform Britain a Labour government must first transform our democracy. For too long the conservative nature of our political system has acted as a barrier to the policies we need to tackle the crises we face – on climate, on housing or the economy. Join Clive Lewis MP, Sam Tarry MP, Christine Berry (Editor of The New Foundations), the ERS’ […]
Join Labour for a New Democracy and Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform for Where next for Labour and PR? There’s unprecedented demand for Proportional Representation among the Labour membership. Join the panel on Monday night as they take stock of what the Labour movement for PR has gained at conference 2021 – and join the discussion about the next steps […]
