🚨 🎄 We all know an Uncle Jeff — seven sherries in at Christmas dinner, insisting that everything he’s seen on X/Twitter & Facebook is definitely real. AI makes spotting fakes harder, but this video shows what to watch for. Credit to BBC Verify for the great work.

🎁 We're on Day 10 of 12 Days of Democracy 🎁 Today it's Peter Rugman's turn to open a democratic gift box and reveal another good reason to change the voting system. Let's talk about... Chaos 🤯

🎄And we're now on Day 9 of 12 Days of Democracy! Today's Santa - @femi-oluwole.bsky.social - will reveal another reason why we need a fair voting system in 2026. Let's talk about... Hope. ⭐️

Others have noted that "dystopian" is a label often applied to "stuff that happens somewhere else" in books/movies set in the wealthy world: The Handmaid's Tale, The Hunger Games. It's reflected in real world events like Katrina, when people see images and say "I didn't think that could happen here"

“Samantha Dixon – and the Labour Government – could leave a lasting, positive legacy by introducing Proportional Representation and the forthcoming Elections Bill is the opportunity to do it.” www.newsletter.co.uk/your-world/d...

"More than a hundred cards containing expressions of support for PR and pleas for Dixon to support electoral reform more proactively were collected by MVM." northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/pr-...

✉️ 100+ activists wrote personal Christmas cards to the Democracy Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social, asking her to support a fairer voting system. So we went to her office in Chester to deliver them. Watch the video to hear some of the messages we sent + see thread for press coverage! 👇🧵

The Commons is now in Christmas recess until 5th January. Of the 395 divisions held so far this session, 198 would have changed result if seats matched votes. That is, ~50% of the time, opposition MPs represented *more* people but the government won anyway. @makevotesmatter.bsky.social

💥Electoral reform needed now ...as told by The @economist.com @makevotesmatter.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/nls1Q...

Even the Economist knows #fptp is pants youtube.com/shorts/nls1Q...

Thousands of you have signed petitions calling for a fairer voting system. Today, we delivered them to the government 💪

It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes. We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄 📢 Share to make the call even louder! With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social

❄️ It's Day 5 of 12 Days of Democracy ❄️ Today, actor Jason Flemyng reveals one of his reasons for supporting a proportional voting system. "Last year, 4 out of 10 people didn't vote. Why? Well, maybe they felt ignored by the system..." We all deserve a vote that counts ✨

🎄 We're on Day 6 of 12 Days of Democracy 🎄 Today Croydon councillor Ria Patel opens a gift and reveals another reason to support a fairer voting system. PR isn't radical. It's tried and tested. Watch to learn more!

Today in Parliament @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social shared his experience of visiting high schools in his constituency. One of the most common questions he gets is about changing the voting system. The Elections Bill will be an opportunity to listen to these young people and make their votes count

Today, the All-Party Parliamentary Group @appgfairelections.bsky.social held its Annual General Meeting. The APPG now brings together 158 MPs and peers, making it the largest in Parliament! With the Elections Bill coming soon, 2026 will be a crucial year for the campaign for fair votes.

✨It's Day 4 of 12 Days of Democracy ✨ Today, Peter Tatchell opens a box and reveals another reason to support Proportional Representation: it can protect our democracy from extremism. "Our rights and freedoms are too precious..." 👇

🎁 12 Days of Democracy: Day 3 🎁 Today's present will be opened by... @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social! Let's see what's inside 👇

🎄 It's day 2 of our 12 Days of Democracy 🎄 Every day, we open a present and reveal one reason to support a fairer voting system. Today is @zoejardiniere.bsky.social's turn...

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

The data is clear: FPTP is the worst voting system for women's representation. The Inter-Parliamentary Union finds year after year that PR is associated with more gender-equal parliaments. Think of all the talented women that our system shuts out of politics, and the difference they could make.

Raising the flag (well, banner actually) outside Reading station. We had competition from Christmas shopping, but managed to give out some leaflets before retreating to The Pantry for a catch-up and chinwag.

Our voting system is broken. It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.

Believe it was very successful, fo HUGE congratulations!🤸

#Pints4PR 🎄#Xmas2025 🍻Such a lovely night out with North West Surrey @makevotesmatter.bsky.social supporters last night! Lots of positive talk about the campaign for #FairVotes & the progress of @appgfairelections.bsky.social Add your name to the petition at: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

💥Door-knocking and leafleting with NW Surrey @makevotesmatter.bsky.social supporters today to spread the message and get names for our latest petition. 💥SO MUCH SUPPORT for #proportionalrepresentation - it's a #DoorstepDemand ! 🙏Great fun and lovely to have so many encouraging conversations!

"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?" Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.

❄️ CHRISTMAS APPEAL ❄️ With your support, we've made so much progress over the past year. PR feels more winnable than ever - but there's still so much to be done. Now we need to raise £60,000 to continue and scale up our work in 2026. Can you help? 👇 makevotesmatter.org.uk/2025-christm...

In the latest episode of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social podcast, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social argues in favour of the UK adopting a form of PR - similar to the one used in Germany. He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.

💥 Over 200 people attended an event hosted by our local group in Totnes, discussing the links between electoral reform and climate justice. The climate crisis is also a crisis of democracy. Thank you to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and everyone who took part 💚

In most modern democracies, the rise of new parties is seen as something natural and parliaments represent the public in all its diversity. But our weird voting system can't handle more than two options. People have moved on from the two-party era. Our voting system must follow.

Every week, more voices in the media are coming out against First Past the Post. @fromtga.bsky.social is right: FPTP could allow any kind of dangerous populist to take power on a minority of the vote, or by taking over the ruling party. PR would help safeguard our democracy.

Damning damn statistics.

Wrapped 2025 has dropped 👀👀 How has Britain's democracy performed this year? Let's check...

Welcome to slot-machine Britain! Our cover this week is on First Past the Post, the voting system that turns multi-party politics into a lottery. Featuring our new modelling of British elections: www.economist.com/interactive/...

We analysed 80yrs of elections to consider the possible outcomes if an election were held today. Under FPTP, just a few % points of vote share is the difference between a Reform UK landslide and humiliation.

🎰 “When First Past the Post collides with multiparty competition, the electoral slot machine spins into operation” ⚠️ A stark warning from the @economist.com that the “unfairness of FPTP could undermine the legitimacy of the governments it produces”

Nearly every day we're seeing more voices in the media wake up to the crisis of democratic representation that we're facing. First Past the Post is unsustainable. The only way to avoid complete chaos is to switch to Proportional Representation - now

💥 Excellent article in @economist.com about the absurdity of election results under FPTP - and its consequences: "When the country has lots of medium-size parties, the correlation between the number of votes in, and number of seats out, owes more to Las Vegas than to Edmund Burke." 💯💯

Column on the fascist overlords www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social ”Every time you hear aggressive xenophobia and racist insinuation from those in power and check in with how it polled before you say it’s disgusting, you are building the herd that will suffocate opposition when it matters." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It might have something to do with the fact that almost every government this century was elected on a minority of the vote. Just saying.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... SIGN!!!!! 👆👆👆👆👆

First Past the Post keeps promising stability and delivering chaos. Governments are elected on a minority of the vote. They impose their agenda without listening to or negotiating with anyone. They fail and collapse. Rinse and repeat. There is a better way. It's time for PR.

Today Rachel Reeves will announce the new Budget. Yet again, changes that will profoundly impact our daily lives are being decided by a government elected on 34% of the vote. This is not a stable foundation to build our future on. It's not what a healthy democracy looks like.

Rachel Reeves promises "stability for our public finances - the single most important factor in getting our cost of living down." Under FPTP, we've had: ☑️ 6 Prime Ministers and ☑️ 8 different Chancellors since 2015. There's no economic stability without fixing our democracy.

This is my kind of good trouble.

Our ridiculous voting system in all its un-proportional glory!

Brilliant work @mvm-sussex.bsky.social 🤩🤩🤩

What a busy day! Thanks to everyone who visited our stall to talk about the urgent need for #ProportionalRepresentation in UK elections - including Stella Creasy MP who stopped for a quick chat on the importance of keeping local representation in the voting system. #MakeVotesMatter