Aileen McLoughlin

📢 No More First Past the Post Elections! The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...

🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections.

5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.

We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:

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Welcome news - a good start to fixing our democracy

"By committing to changing this, the Government has wisely taken a step in the right direction - but First Past the Post is just as flawed when it comes to general elections."

🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR

Thanks for your support @billybragg.bsky.social 🙌

At Glastonbury, we chatted about the need to fix our voting system and the rally that Young MVM is hosting on the 6th of July.

Great to see it mentioned in @rollingstoneuk.bsky.social

See you on Sunday:
actionnetwork.org/events/londo...

🎥 "It should be that people have the power, and that means making sure that people can't buy elections."

At our event in Parliament this week, @appgfairelections.bsky.social Vice Chair, @lisasmartmp.bsky.social called for action to stop the power of big money in our politics.

“Place first, not party first. That’s a better politics, that connects with the country.

I think it’s time for Proportional Representation.” @andyburnham.bsky.social

Delighted to have partnered with @compassoffice.bsky.social for today’s Change: How? Conference! #RadicalRenewal

#Labour4PR 🌹

🚨 "So no, look, we are firmly in favour of First Past the Post", says Reform UK's Chairman

⏰ Labour needs to wake up: First Past the Post is now Nigel Farage's "friend"

💣 Why risk a far fight majority government on less than 30% of the vote?

Farage's Reform UK reached a 'tipping point' - and it's worrying news for Labour Analysis of the local election results by the Electoral Reform Society shows Reform getting an almost 10-percentage point 'winner's bonus' in their haul of council seats last Thursday compared to thei...

🚨 "Reform UK have reached a 'tipping point' where Britain's electoral system works for them rather than holding them back", according to expert analysis

⏰ Labour needs to wake up & get serious about electoral reform - starting with a National Commission

🌹 #Labour4PR

"You won the West of England Mayor's race, but the winner gets 25%... does that feel to you like democracy?"

"Do you think we've got to look again at the voting system?"

"Less than 10% of the total electorate voted for the candidate who won - which feels crazy"

#r4today #TodayProgramme

Thank you to Rob for your support.

I am standing for re-election to the female health seat on UNISON's NEC alongside Claire Miller and Kevin Corran.

We also recommend voting for Adrian O'Malley for the remaining health seat

#TimeforRealChange
#UNISON
#NECElections2025

List of TFRC candidates.

Ballots are arriving!

Vote Time For Real Change Eastern: Molly Ward; Rob Turner East Midlands: Tom Barker; Vicki Morris; Sara Evans London: Andrew Berry; Jocelyn Cruywagen; Liz Wheatley Northern: Ed Whitby; Cath Davis; Carrie Peason-Loughlin North West: Danielle Vipond; Tony Wilson; Christine Collins; Elaine Jones; Christophine Obigwe Scotland: Stuart Graham; Maggie McGuire; Josephine Wilson; Lyn Marie O'Hara South East: Dan Sartin; Abi Holdsworth; Corinna Edwards-Colledge South West: Mark Wareham; Becky Brookman Cymru/Wales: Andrew O'Leary; Libby Nolan; Lorna Hood West Midlands: Mike Moore; Caroline Johnson; Lisa Bland Yorkshire and the Humber: Tony Wright; Greta Holmes; Julie Forgan; Jayne Bouskill Local Government: Andrea Egan; Jane Doolan; David Jones; Jenny Black Health: Jordan Rivera; Claire Miller; Kevin Corran Community: Anjona Roy; Michelle Lincoln Higher Education: Jo Tapper; Kath Owen Energy; Patrick Knowles PP CAFCASS: Audrey Dinnall Water, Energy and Transport: Jim Morris-Knight Black members: Amerit Rait; Antonia Bright; Julia Mwaluke Disabled members: Tara Thomas Young members: Kameron Spence; Natasha Bednal

We have some truly wonderful people standing as our candidates for UNISONs upcoming NEC elections!

To find out more about them; head on over to our website: timeforrealchange.uk/elections

Solidarity to Steve North.
He's a fantastic and principled trade unionist.

The decision on this case took 2 years! There is no justification for taking that long. Then the timing of the announcement in the first week of key UNISON NEC elections shows very poor judgement or deliberate political motivation.

Bristol City Council: Fly the Palestinian Flag on Nakba Day!! May 15th, 2025, marks 77 years since the 1948 Palestinian ‘Nakba’.  The Nakba (النكبة) means 'catastrophe' and refers to the ethnic cleansing of more than 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 by Zionist ...

Remember: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Thank you Ifhat for your support!

I am standing for re-election to the female health seat on UNISON's NEC alongside Claire Miller and Kevin Corran.

We also recommend voting for Adrian O'Malley for the remaining health seat.

#TimeforRealChange
#UNISON
#NECElections2025

Link to report?

The UNISON NEC ballot is open; look out for your pack arriving any day now.

Its time to vote Time For Real Change! ✊
@tfrc-unison.bsky.social
We have so many amazing candidates running; learn more about them on our website: timeforrealchange.uk/elections

Time For Real Change is now on Bluesky! 👋

Give us a follow if you believe UNISON should be a fighting union that delivers for its members!

YouTube video by Andrea For GS Time For Real Change - Migrant Worker Organising

Julia Mwaluke, Christophine Obigwe & Andrea Egan discuss organising migrant workers in the North West in UNISON. They developed & launched the first Migrant Workers Charter at Salford branch.

Check our latest video on Andrea's YouTube channel: youtu.be/fikIZ7eN2Po

We should tax the rich, not cut foreign aid.

Repost of you agree.

The Fiery Spirits, my new book on the English Revolution, will be out soon. Here’s some related events. On 10 March I’ll be on BBCR4’s Start the Week. In April there’ll be a central London launch. On 10 May I’ll be talking about ‘Radical MPs and the Long Parliament’ in 🧵

🚨 Nigel Farage says First Past the Post is becoming his "friend"

❌ No party should be able get a majority in Parliament with 30% of the vote

💣 Why risk it with First Past the Post?

Evaluation of the £2 bus fare cap Final report and associated interim reports on the £2 bus fare cap.

The ‘final’ evaluation report of the bus fare cap (covering 10 months of the £2 cap) is now out.

Lots to digest here but key point is it did what it was meant to:

“The evidence suggests… it has reduced the cost of living and has increased bus patronage, particularly
for those on lower incomes.”

Will Forster MP standing with a group of MVM activists

Will Forster MP holding a card signed by his constituents

Thanks for your support, @willforster.bsky.social!

@mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social delivered a Valentine's Day card to their local MP, thanking him for advocating for a fairer voting system.

We ❤️ a democratic system where no one is excluded and every voice is heard.

Sign the Petition National Commission on Electoral Reform

💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...

I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office | Mark Smith Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them, says one-time Foreign Office policy adviser Mark Smith

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This is damning and is being done in our name

This is striking! The conditions in Gaza and the daily hell faced by its people somehow just came out of nowhere. Gaslighting on speed. Governments and individuals made choices that led us here