Neal Lawson
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Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system â even if some in Labour disagree | Neal Lawson (opens the original)
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Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy A poll in the Mail on Sunday at the end of June was remarkable. It had not just Reform as low as 21%, but also Labour and the Tories. It was remarkable because it starkly demonstrated the fragmented landscape of the UKâs electoral terrain, as well as the electoral weakness of its main players. Polls since have varied, not least with the Burnham
The Manchester mayoral result holds the key for the future of progressive politics | Neal Lawson (opens the original)
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Voters on the left are more fragmented than ever – but they will pull together behind a convincing cross-party message Neal Lawson is director of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass The results of the election for a new mayor to succeed Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester show progressives standing at the threshold of a new era. But only if they work together. The new mayor, Bev Craig, was elected using the supplementary vote, which uses voters’ second preference if no one wins more tha
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