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Roger "Woj" Cracknell @wojathome.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski on PR and Farage

'Helping Fascist Farage Into Power is My Red Line' | Zack Polanski Interview

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 2d

In 2029, more people will be eligible to vote than ever before. But it could also be the year in which more voices than ever are ignored.

That is, unless we change the voting system so that everyone can be heard.

Read Bertie's blog here: makevotesmatter.org.uk/news/2025/10...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d

Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his register of interests in months.

Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 10d

“There’s nothing more unstoppable than an idea whose time has come - and PR’s time has come.”

💬 @andyburnham.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 10d

“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.”

🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social

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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 15d

🗳️ What’s next in the fight for fair votes?

👏 We were delighted to co-host this fringe event with @libdems4er.bsky.social, discussing how our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform can help deliver PR

🙏 A huge thanks to our panel and audience

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MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · 25d

We are all getting set along with MVM Sefton and West Lancs and MVM Manchester to engage with the public at the Wigan Diggers Festival on Fair Votes. #PRnow #ProportionalRepresentation

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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 27d

It's remarkable how similar the voting patterns were in Norway's election last week and our general election in 2024. But they have a voting system that respects the voters, while we have one which warps the result. electoral-reform.org.uk/norways-elec...

How Norway and the UK voted in their last general elections

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 27d

🌹 The Deputy Leadership candidates on electoral reform

We've contacted both of the two remaining candidates - @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @lucympowell.bsky.social - asking them to confirm or update their positions

In the meantime, here's what we know so far...

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The candidates on PR: what we know so far — Labour For A New Democracy

Deputy Leadership candidates on electoral reform: what we know so far

www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 This is a crisis for Labour, but the real crisis is the one engulfing our politics

The Deputy Leadership Election is a chance to push for action on the voting system that is destroying trust in politics & threatens to hand a majority to the far right

Find out more 👇

Get ready to elect a pro-PR Deputy Leader — Labour For A New Democracy

We need to use this Deputy Leadership Election to push for action on the voting system

www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk

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MVM - Totnes & South Devon @mvm-totnes.bsky.social · Sep 5

Announcing our live event in November. Featuring:

George Monbiot - journalist and author
Anthea Simmons - co-founder of the South Devon Primary
Jonathon Porritt - former director of Friends of the Earth
Klina Jordan - former CEO of Make Votes Matter

mvm-totnes-time-for-real-change.eventbrite.co.uk

TIME FOR REAL CHANGE: democracy and climate justice

A live conversation about our shared future, with insights from distinguished speakers and activists.

MVM-Totnes-Time-for-Real-Change.eventbrite.co.uk

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Make Votes Matter in South West London @swlmvm.bsky.social · Sep 5

Surely this will replace Angela on every rightwing newspaper front page!?
Ohhh Well. Shouldn’t hold my breath though.

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 “Isn't it also time for a National Commission on Electoral Reform?”

👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections

🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR

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MVM - Totnes & South Devon @mvm-totnes.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today in Parliament:

Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 “Isn't it also time for a National Commission on Electoral Reform?”

👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections

🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR

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Make Votes Matter in South West London @swlmvm.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our thoughts and prayers go out to our PM during these difficult times.

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Make Votes Matter in South West London @swlmvm.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hope for Zack; so Ellie can put her all into running a National Commission on Electoral Reform so we finally can get PR.

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Make Votes Matter in South West London @swlmvm.bsky.social · Sep 2

“… in our first-past-the-post electoral system, voters may anyhow consider that if they want to eject the Labour party from power at the next general election, they should vote for the party best able to beat it”

👋 👋 MRS GREENING!
Come and talk to us about PR

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Memo to Tories looking at Farage and yearning to ‘unite the right’: that sounds like a plan to kill off our party | Justine Greening

Reform UK would benefit and the Conservatives hurtle into oblivion. Only a more centrist party can pull us back from the brink, says former Conservative minister Justine Greening

www.theguardian.com

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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · Sep 1

📜 We're pleased to publish a Terms of Reference for a National Commission on Electoral Reform

⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward

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National Commission on Electoral Reform: Terms of Reference

APPG for Fair Elections

www.fairelections.uk

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Make Votes Matter North Cumbria @mvmnorthcumbria.bsky.social · Aug 30

All set up in #Brampton.

Lots of interest and some signups already 🙂.

#MakeVotesMatter #ProportionalRepresentation #EqualVotesNow

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨COMING UP: Important debate in Parliament

On 2nd September, MPs will debate scrapping FPTP for Mayoral elections.

The tide is turning. More and more people are starting to recognise that this voting system is not fit for purpose.

Ask your MP to attend and speak out👇

Email your MP about scrapping First Past The Post (FPTP) for Mayoral elections

On the 2nd of September, MPs will debate abolishing First Past the Post for Mayoral and PPC elections. Since the system was introduced, it has resulted in Mayors being elected on as little as 25% of t...

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · Aug 12

⚠️ "First Past the Post is not sustainable; not for Labour, and not for the country. We must modernise Westminster and launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform."

🌹 Excellent article for @thefabians.bsky.social by @steveracemp.bsky.social #Labour4PR

Restoring trust | Fabian Society

Fabian Society

fabians.org.uk

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MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · Aug 10

We have today been present in Chester, engaging with the public and making the case for a fairer and more proportional voting system. #Chester #PRnow #ProportionalRepresentation

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · Aug 4

Why do the rich keep getting richer?

Because we tax work more heavily than wealth.

This explainer lays out how the UK tax system quietly helps the wealthy stay wealthy – and why that needs to change.

Prof Richard Murphy reports

Why are the wealthy so well off?

The accumulation of wealth has been driving inequality for decades. In the first of two articles we explain the injustice of our wealth taxation

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Get PR Done! @getprdone.bsky.social · Jul 31

"You know what's going to come out of all this? - An end to the First Past the Post electoral system." 💪 #GetPRDone

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SusannaD @susannad1.bsky.social · Jul 17

Precisely. No point in having the vote if it doesn’t matter. Join us at Make Votes Matter and help that happen @makevotesmatter.bsky.social

Make Votes Matter in South West London @swlmvm.bsky.social · Jul 17

“Excited to see we will get even MORE voters wasting their votes and have absolutely no representation in parliament”¡¡
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What we need is: proportional representation for A REAL CHANGE.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election

16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference

www.theguardian.com

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