Back in May, our Westminster Beyond Brexit report raised a prescient question: “Do we want a democracy that gives the power of an absolute monarch to one party, or a government which is representative and can work responsively and responsibly to deal with the issues facing the country?”
The events of 2019 have put the problems of Westminster’s system into sharp focus. From discussions about the Prime Minister proroguing parliament, to MPs leaving main parties to form their own (only to splinter within weeks), the last few months have seen parties trying to patch up cracks that have been developing in our political system...
Even those of you out there who have a passing knowledge of our campaigning work will know we are not the greatest cheerleaders for the House of Lords. But what is the House of Lords actually for?
ERS Research Officer Ian Simpson introduces his new report: Democracy Denied: The 2019 Election Audit. If two party politics isn’t dead, it has certainly taken a big hit over the first half of 2019...
For most of the 20th century, every election in Scotland was conducted under the First Past the Post system, from elections of MPs to local councillors. That all changed in 1999...
