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ARE YOU LISTENING MAURICE DUVERGER?? YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING

TONY DOWNS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WHERE IS YOUR MEDIAN VOTER NOW???

Why a “National Commission” is the way forward for electoral reform Electoral reform is back on the UK’s political agenda as First-Past-the-Post strains under the pressures of multi-party politics. The new APPG for Fair Elections proposes a National Commission to e…

I've written for @uniofbathipr.bsky.social blog about why the @appgfairelections.bsky.social's blueprint for a "National Commission on Electoral Reform" avoids the pitfalls of previous electoral reform efforts (e.g. the Jenkins Commission), and offers a way for British politics to escape from FPTP

Anyone going to add this to their MRP?

THE MEME IS REAL

Release of Wales-only prison data will “enhance transparency and scrutiny of the Welsh criminal justice system” Dr Robert Jones welcomes move by Ministry of Justice after years of campaigning

NEW: The UK Govt's Ministry of Justice begins routinely publishing Wales-only prison data for the first time following a decade of research exposing issues in the Welsh criminal justice system by Dr Robert Jones. 1/3
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All EU countries appear to be gone in the Google political ad library

By @lizcarolan.com

The Swingometer is back up and running today after an extended book writing hiatus. I've taken a long look at Reform's May local elections performance, how FPP is now Farage's friend, and why it may get even better for Reform (& worse for Lab & Con) next May:

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w/ @massimoprearo.bsky.social on @qoe-ijes.bsky.social, we introduce our 2024 Italian LGBTIQ+ Electoral Survey: the first large-N evidence on the political behaviour & attitudes of Italian LGBTIQ+ citizens. We discuss data, methodological challenges & relevance here: oaj.fupress.net/index.php/qo...

Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

The seat projections are pretty dramatic. Allowing for movement of a few points in many directions: Plaid Cymru ~38 seats, Reform UK ~35 seats, Labour ~11 seats, Conservatives ~6 seats, Lib Dems ~3 seats, Greens ~ 1 🧵

Latest ITV BarnCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 poll confirms trend seen over last 6 months - neck and neck race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK for largest party, with Labour falling to even more distant third. Evidence growing of distinct realignment in Wales 🧵

Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired

"Resolved: Debate is stupid"

by Aisling McCrea in The Outline from 2018

"Wow, that is correct and there is no counterargument. Debate is indeed very stupid".

theoutline.com/post/6709/de...

Say what you want about mixed systems but they are a nice laboratory for finding out what happens to FPTP under serious fragmentation.

The average winning vote share in German constituency has fallen below 33% for the first time this year. 127 winners won with less than 30% vote share in 2025.

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Caerphilly leader quits Labour during by-election campaign Sean Morgan exits Labour days after party launched campaign to retain Caerphilly Senedd seat.

An... interesting development in what was already set to be the most challenging/high profile (and probably the final before Senedd reform takes effect in May 2026) by-election in the Senedd's history

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#senedd #devolution

Siaradodd @nyedavies.bsky.social â Nick Servini ar BBC Radio Wales y bore 'ma i drafod cystadleuaeth Dirprwy Arweinydd y Blaid Llafur:

Dr Nye Davies on Radio Wales this morning, discussing the competition for the role of UK Labour's Deputy Leader and its connection with a famous Welsh MP:

🚨New Research 🚨

Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE.

Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters.

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Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...

🚨 NEW: Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission

— FPTP “threatens to undermine the resilience and stability of our democratic system”, @appgfairelections.bsky.social MPs say
— The group is calling on ministers to greenlight its plan

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I'm reviewing Sir Nick Clegg's newest book and the first pages are already showing some promise.

Nigel Farage and the political power of English grievance The Conservatives and Labour have allowed resentment to fester in the biggest part of the UK – and the only region not to have its own parliament.

NEWYDD - gan @ailsahenderson.bsky.social a minnau.

NEW by me and my fellow student of Englishness, Prof. Ailsa Henderson.

theconversation.com/nigel-farage...

Gordon Freeman's job at the black mesa science facility is pushing the little cart into the big laser. it's what he wrote his doctoral thesis about

The Political Economy of "AI" Before straying to the theory dark side, I spent some time in college as an Economics major; I’ve always been strangely charmed by a silly joke I first heard back then.

Good & clear on the gulf between A.I. hype/snake oil & actual political economy.

moneypower.substack.com/p/the-politi...

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Statement by Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales on the passing of Hefin David MS

Datganiad gan Eluned Morgan MS, Prif Weinidog Cymru ar farwolaeth Hefin David MS.

Mae @jaclarner.bsky.social ar BBC Wales yr wythnos yma i drafod rhagolygon y pleidiau gwrthbleidiol yn Senedd Cymru o flaen yr etholiad nesaf:

Dr Jac Larner discusses the prospects for opposition parties in the Welsh Parliament ahead of #Senedd26 and its new voting system this week on #WalesCast:

Support for proportional representation hits record high according to new research The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) has, this week, published the latest findings from their British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey. The survey has been conducted almost ever

According to @NatCen, fully three-fifths (60%) of the British public now support changing the voting system for UK general elections. Scrapping FPTP is more urgent than ever.

electoral-reform.org.uk/support-for-...