We keep hearing that "Proportional Representation would risk giving power to extremists", so let's make it clear:

Under FPTP, an extremist party could win a supermajority on a small minority of the vote.

Under PR, that's impossible.

We know what's safer.

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Unlike the UK, Ireland uses a proportional STV system. As a result, it has:

✅ Higher trust in politics
✅ More representative and stable governments
✅ Fewer wasted votes that don't elect anyone
✅ A parliament that better reflects public opinion.

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"The British media think you're an idiot. They're trying to convince you that a foreign war for Israel is in your interest. It's time to expose the propagandists and the warmongers"

"Many people vote all their lives without electing anyone."

Great to see this in the Islington Tribune!

International Women's Day 2026: Three generations of women tell us why they're campaigning for PR - Make Votes Matter It’s been over 100 years since some women got the vote. In recognition of International Women’s Day 2026, Make Votes Matter hears from activists representing

Happy International Women's Day! ✊💃

Studies consistently show that countries with proportional voting systems tend to have more women's representation in their parliaments.

We spoke to three brilliant campaigners, representing three generations of women, about why they support PR 👇

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Despite critical acclaim, an Oscar-nominated director and industry heavyweights like Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix behind it, it's almost impossible to find a screen showing the Voice of Hind Rajab – the story of how Israel slowly killed a 6-year-old in Gaza. chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-voice-...

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HOPE WINS @greenpartyhan.bsky.social

People-power has sailed the Greens to victory. This is proof that when we get organised, we win.

A vision of a world where everyone can thrive is more powerful than the far right’s hatred and division.

And far more popular.

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‘the only thing that would allow Nigel Farage’s party to take power is our unfair and undemocratic first-past-the-post system – and Starmer’s determination to maintain it.’

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Dear Lucy On the eve of the by-election, your Labour party spokesperson has admitted to the Huffington Post that a Labour party leaflet has been delivered through doors with your imprint recommending a vote for Labour by a tactical voting organisation which does not exist. This is deeply troubling, it is actually lying to voters. Did you approve this? Do you feel the Labour Party in government should be held to different standards in terms of honesty to the British public? In your last letter to me you mentioned your ‘very extensive data’ and ‘having spoken to over a third of eligible voters’ which led you to an understanding that the by election ‘was a contest between labour and Reform’. Clearly this latest development only tells voters one thing - you will employ any type of political deception (or in Urdu “Dhoka” ) to win. You will be very aware that all three real tactical voting organisations are recommending a vote for the Greens as the best way to stop Reform. Lying to the voters, as you have been caught doing, raises the real prospect that Reform will be the beneficiaries, something you have said that you don’t want. As this is such an important issue, for the sake of your own reputation, I would strongly urge you to apologise to the voters of Denton and Gorton before the polls open in the morning.” Kind regards, Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,

Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform?

I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...

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These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

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We need an electoral revolution By Dr Ellie Chowns MP

"We will not defeat poisonous, exclusionary movements by ostracising their voters; we will defeat them by building a politics that listens, represents, and dilutes the incentives for hate."

@elliechowns.bsky.social for @bestforbritain.org on how a fair voting system can help protect UK democracy 👇

'Labour must confront the crisis of first past the post before it’s too late' - LabourList First past the post is fuelling distrust, fragmentation and instability. If Labour is serious about democratic renewal, it must lead the case for electoral reform now

🚨"Right now, Labour has the chance to lead this conversation and head off this issue. There is no time for complacency."
Sean Woodcock MP & Jo Platt MP warn that FPTP is headed for chaos.

✍️ For @labourlist.bsky.social @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social @joplatt.bsky.social

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Listen: Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was to protect the arms industry Read by Matthew Alford

Channel 4 documentary shows Starmer's reasons for banning Palestine Action were a lie. It was really about protecting the profits of the arms industry.

Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-ch4...

The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.

I used to pass this one in Finchley, ‘Vineyard Grove
Formerly Depot Approach’

It didn’t look as though the depot had been replaced by vineyards.

Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny

If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.

Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...

If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour’s cowardice | George Monbiot Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he won’t. All the party has left are threats about ‘splitting the vote’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Regardless of which party you support, this is a key point by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

"With Proportional Representation, no one would ever need to worry about splitting the vote again. We could vote for the parties we actually wanted."

Wouldn't that be nice? To vote with hope, not fear?

If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour’s cowardice | George Monbiot Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he won’t. All the party has left are threats about ‘splitting the vote’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

In this week's column I seek to explain Keir Starmer's flat refusal to change our electoral system, even though its gross unfairness could put Reform UK in power on <30% of the vote. The reasons, I believe, are deeply cynical and disturbing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump's The UK state broadcaster streams disinformation into our living rooms – deceptions that not only leave us clueless about important international events but drive us ever closer to global conflagration

The BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump's.

Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-bbc-pu...

Parliamentary by-election fighting fund - Green Party We need to be ready if a by-election is called in an area the Green Party can win. Will you help us make another historic breakthrough?

This is the link to donate to the Green Party's Gorton & Denton by-election fighting fund. We need lots of people to donate whatever they can, however small. Reform and Labour will be using big money from Billionaires.

📕📚 Poet, former Children’s Laureate and all-round legend @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social is supporting Together. Join us on Saturday, 28 March.

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Letter: The economic case for coalition government From Peter Norris and others

📉 Growth and economic stability are at odds with political instability

🚨 Business leaders raise the alarm on First Past the Post in the @financialtimes.com today

➡️ To avoid chaos and for a fair democracy, Westminster needs #ElectoralReform

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Labour and the Tories are banking on a return to the ‘old normal’. That’s not what voters want | Rafael Behr An economic recovery could still change the parties’ fortunes. But the days when only two parties were licensed to supply Britain with prime ministers are gone, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

"Britain’s First Past the Post electoral system is hopelessly ill-equipped to translate multiparty politics into a rational distribution of parliamentary seats," writes @rafaelbehr.bsky.social

FPTP means chaos. The only solution is Proportional Representation.