💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.” 🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion

Plaudits from Tommy Robinson should be a flashing red light on any government's dashboard. Here's the thing that will stop future governments having to dance to his tune... open.substack.com/pub/uglypoli...

🎲 “The case for First Past the Post absolutely breaks down... when an election result feels random, its hard for that result to feel legitimate” 🎙️ @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform on @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social 💯 “I think this is the way forward”

Lord Puttnam has given an excellent interview in @bylinetimes.bsky.social following our event in the House of Commons last week "preventing disinformation and misinformation in campaigning". You can read it here. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/mistrust-i...

Ahead of the Elections Bill we've held a key meeting at the House of Commons on "preventing disinformation and misinformation in campaigning". Thanks for excellent contributions from David Puttnam, @elliechowns.bsky.social, Justin Madders, @iancolinlucas.bsky.social, @georgefreemanmp.bsky.social.

Thanks for putting on this event with us @appgfairelections.bsky.social

“The truth matters. We need to challenge this now because otherwise it's only going to get worse.” Justin Madders on the need to go beyond a code of conduct for political campaigning in order to address disinformation @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social

Great to hear from our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social at tonight's event with @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social Cleaning up political advertising is part of our mission to deliver clean and fair elections, by: 🛡️ Countering disinformation 🗳️ Replacing First Past the Post 💷 Eliminating dark money

🙃 “If you advertise a packet of crisps there’s four different sets of regulations you have to abide by. If you’re advertising for a political campaign there’s practically none.” @alextait.bsky.social sets out some of the challenges, evidence & best practice in regulating election advertising

Packed room for extremely timely event on how to stop misinformation and disinformation in political advertising. Big shout out to @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social and @appgfairelections.bsky.social for putting this event on tonight.

📰 How can we tackle disinformation and misinformation in campaigning? 🚀 We'll shortly be kicking off our joint event in Parliament this evening with @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social

Ok, the joke may be a bit niche but you STEM types will like it! 🤣 And the piece contains an important message for everyone. open.substack.com/pub/uglypoli...

🌹 “One of the events @andyburnham.bsky.social will attend in Liverpool this year will be a @labour4pr.bsky.social rally on Sunday evening, in favour of proportional representation. "The idea of a government elected on a minority of the vote is untenable," he tells me.”

I still can't quite believe that the very first attacks from Labour on Farage's bonkers idea to kick millions of people with INDEFINITE right to remain out of the UK were to argue that it's infeasible and wouldn't save anything like the amount he claimed. How about: - It's WRONG - It's IMMORAL ?

🗳️ 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

In London, hate will never win.

💡 “This is a clear proposal for the Government to set up a National Commission that could independently ask the big questions about our democracy” 📢 MPs made the case for fair votes & a National Commission on Electoral Reform in the #InternationalDemocracyDay debate 🧵 1/3

Here’s the very dubious illustrated message Donald Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his birthday some years ago. Trump claimed it didn’t exist. Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal said it did. Trump sued them for $10Billion. Looks like it’s 1-0 to Rupert!

Social media & AI platforms are making it easier to spread hate. But online hate can lead to serious offline consequences, including violence. You can learn more about online hate & what you can do to counter it here 👇👇

"With a record 60% of the public in favour of changing how we elect Parliament, Labour must take action. Our APPG – the largest all-party group – urges the Government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform without delay." 📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk

Despite what Nigel Farage would have you believe, Reform are about as ready for government as Lee Anderson is to be principal dancer at the Royal Ballet. open.substack.com/pub/uglypoli...

Great to see Labour MPs leading calls for a National Commission on Electoral Reform 🌹 #Labour4PR

💯 "We can do better than this" ⚠ First Past the Post does not command public confidence when it comes to mayoral elections, says Angela Rayner 👉 The same is true of general elections. We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform

Here's right-wing griftmeister Matt Goodwin using flags as a way to divide communities rather than unite them. As someone who comes from Northern Ireland, I'll tell you a little secret...this doesn't end well...for ANY bit of the community. #PoshBoyPlayingWithFire

📈 “We are looking at 60% of people saying we should change the voting system... for the first time, we have majority support amongst the supporters of all parties in the country in favour of changing the voting system” 🎓 Professor John Curtice on record support for fair votes

💥 He knows! A new voting system is the secret sauce that will put ordinary people back in control and enable us to get our country back on track. If we want politics to serve people like us and not just billionaires, we need Proportional Representation.

“The party needs to think about [electoral reform]. And it would get through, people understand that in a multi-party situation, First Past the Post is potentially unfair” 🌹 Jack Straw is the latest senior figure showing why we urgently need a National Commission on Electoral Reform

Peers in the House of Lords will no longer have to declare their non-financial interests. This is a major step backwards and a significant loss of transparency. news.sky.com/story/house-...

👏 Great to see APPG member @steveracemp.bsky.social calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform The Government wants to restore trust in politics. In an multi-party age, this must mean addressing our broken First Past the Post voting system

⚠️ "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

💥 Labour's National Policy Forum has once again been inundated with calls for electoral reform No surprise given PR is backed by: 🙋 83% of members 🛠 2/3rds of affiliated trade unions 🌹 annual conference 🗳 @appgfairelections.bsky.social 🏦 @houseofcommons.parliament.uk 📈 60% of the public 🧵 1/2

🗣️ “Fringe parties are exploiting FPTP to take majorities”. 📈 🗳️ Rory Stewart makes a strong case for proportional voting, stating Reform UK could win a big majority with 30% of the vote. ❌ Credit: @therestpolitics.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social #OpenBritain #DemocracyUnleashed

Nigel Farage is upset that Peter Kyle linked him to Jimmy Savile today. But he should be more worried that his handling of Reform's policy on the Online Safety Act showed us - yet again - just how unfit for high office he is. Read my thoughts on that on Substack. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/uglypoli...

🧹 "We need to clean up the system. Strip out the influence of dark money. And make sure power in this country lies where it should, not with oligarchs, tycoons, and corporate lobbyists, but with the people." ✒️ @mp4stratford.bsky.social

🗳️ The govt's manifesto promise was to 'restore trust' in politics. Their new elections strategy is a great first step, but it can't fully deliver that promise while ignoring the primary driver of distrust - the broken and unfair First Past the Post voting system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Look at that - winning candidate gets barely over a fifth of the vote. Five candidates all within 8% of each other. This is happening and under first past the post the result is pure chaos.

New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.

“Many of the Government’s proposals are welcome, but frankly they seem like tinkering round the edges of a grossly unfair voting system. To truly restore trust in our democracy, we need everyone's vote to count equally.” 💬 APPG Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social

These are welcome first steps to get a grip on money in politics: 💵 A crackdown on foreign donations & shell companies 💷 Enhanced checks on political donations ⚖️ A strengthened regulator Next, the Government should bring in donation limits

“There's much to welcome in the Govt’s proposals, including the reduction of the voting age to 16. But there's a danger that young people’s enthusiasm for our democracy will be dampened because our First Past the Post excludes so many of their voices from our politics.” 💬 @lisasmartmp.bsky.social

🚨 First Past The Post is driving record distrust in politics 🐘👈 The Government’s new Elections Strategy ignores the elephant in the room: Westminster’s voting system is broken #Labour4PR

💰 "I have real concerns about the foreign influence in our democracy" 💬 @rachelblakemp.bsky.social welcoming Government action to crack down on dark money following into politics from illegitimate sources

👀 Today the government launches its strategy for “Restoring Trust in our Democracy” 🕳️ What’s missing is any plan to fix our untrustworthy First Past The Post system 🌹 James Naish MP, Member of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, joins calls for a National Commission for Electoral Reform #Labour4PR

⚠️ "Recent polls have shown that the leading party, currently, would win a majority of seats at the next election on less than 30% of the vote" 📢 Chris Law MP calls for the Government to replace First Past the Post with Proportional Representation

"Since the last Government imposed First Past the Post on mayoral elections, it has failed to fairly represent voters, undermined the ability of mayors to speak for their whole communities, and therefore eroded trust in politics" 💬 Statement from our Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk

Giving 16- and 17-year-olds the vote is a long-overdue win for democracy — On this one I am happy to say well done, Labour. But let’s not stop here. It’s time to: * Abolish the unelected House of Lords * Introduce PR so every vote counts Young people deserve real representation.

🏦 "Will the Minister, consider reviewing - because of the flawed nature of First Past the Post - the elections to this place?" 🪑 This morning, our Chair @alexsobel.co.uk led calls from across the House for the Government to address Westminster's broken voting system

"I do want to echo some of the comments around Proportional Representation... will the Minister keep an open mind, look at other strong democracies around the world, and see how they've been able to use PR to strengthen their democracy" 🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social #Labour4PR

💥 The Government has just published its proposals for electoral reforms 💬 Statement from our Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk: "Today’s proposals are a welcome step towards cleaner, fairer and more trusted elections, but one critical issue remains unresolved: the voting system itself."

“If we want to clean up politics, we must root out the dark money, hidden money and foreign money. That means banning cryptocurrency donations, donations from unincorporated associations and donations financed by foreign profits.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...