Unaccountable politicians. Silenced voices. A democracy in crisis. Our relationship with our MPs begins and ends at the ballot box. But our voting system has left us weak, and them strong. It dictates whose votes count and whose views matter. It decides which MPs are safe to enjoy jobs for life – all expenses paid. It has set the rules for our broken politics.
Today our politicians need to trust the British people. Give us the power to decide the future of our Parliament. Give us a referendum on a new voting system. Give us the chance to Vote for a Change.
Anyone up very late last night, hoovering away at the toffee popcorn might have caught a wee victory for voting reform.
Late last night saw The Hurt Locker walk away with the Best Picture Oscar, after Academy Voters broke with First-Past-the-Post and backed preferential voting.
We reported on this back in September. Then Academy’s president Tom Sherak said that preferential voting was essential … more >
The Times reports today that the Tories are targeting Lord Ashcroft’s millions at 1 in 500 voters in marginal seats at the coming election. Well done them for proving our point that the money follows the few voters that matter in our general elections.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7050387.ece
There’s been a lot of talk about Ashcroft’s moola in recent days. And today … more >
A text message from a local supporter arrives as we as we pulled into Brighton. It seems the Tories have issued their election rallying cry: 'Vote for Change'
We spent the day flyering Tory conference delegates and keeping up with loads of interest from the assembled cameras. Our very own masked David Cameron waving a placard reading ‘How do you Spell Chnage? placard spent a good portion of the … more >
Well thanks to the thousands of supporters who voted in our Cameron billboard challenge today the campaign headed out West with a little message on a very large truck for the attention of one David Cameron MP.
So we parked up outside his constituency office in the Witney, Oxfordshire, a seat so safe it’s not changed hands in an election for a century.
When we hit the streets we quickly understood … more >
Well the winner – hands down – of our billboard vote sees Mr Cameron sporting a rather lovely moustache. In a collision of two iconic posters, David Cameron meets Lord Kitchener, for a meditation on trust.
Cameron needs our votes to be our next Prime Minister, but he’s not prepared to give us a say on the future of your democracy. As our supporters chose to highlight trust is a two-way street. … more >