My amendment to the Border, Asylum and Immigration Bill on family reunion for child refugees will be debated by peers either tomorrow or next Tuesday...🧵 1/5

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio

There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.

Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

The Dutch proportional voting system isn’t perfect, but it works. It ensures representation across the political spectrum, keeps the far right in check, and gives voters real influence. Isn’t it time Britain caught up? Stephen McNair reports

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LCER on X: "🚨 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? https://t.co/DLQGPqRUAl" / X 🚨 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? https://t.co/DLQGPqRUAl

...not wanting to link to the other plaXe, but, I think that ship may have sailed long ago:
x.com/Labour4PR/st...

I wish someone would ask Nigel Farage still supports proportional representation, now Reform are leading in the polls.

My guess is the answer is now "No." Though in a lot more words.

It’s time to end the nightmare results of the first-past-the-post voting system
#FPTP

#getPRdone
#ProportionalRepresentation

"It’s spooky season, and we know what’s really spooky. Being haunted by a government that two-thirds of people didn’t vote for - and the spectre of an even less popular one waiting to take its place. Millions of voices unheard, buried in a graveyard of wasted votes."

A night-time photo under Westminster Bridge showing a bright pink projection containing an image of a woman with a red cross over her mouth. The caption reads 'Only 4 in 10 got what they voted for'. Big Ben and Westminster is in the background.

The way the UK public is represented is truly a horror show.

@makevotesmatter.bsky.social now!!

The ghost MP They've been in a safe seat for decades and you never hear from them. Are they still there? Are they even real? Who knows...

Dracula. He's a count. Unlike your vote. Which didn't count. Sucking life and energy out of politics since 1885.

The Prime Monster Only needs 25% of the vote to have a majority in Parliament and pass a law allowing him to eat us all.

The zombie voting system Should be dead. Why is it still here?

It's Halloween and Westminster is looking spooky... 🎃💀

Here are some of the creatures haunting the House of Commons under First Past the Post:

Complaint made

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This is really poor by BBC researchers and producers. Goodwin hasn't been an active academic for a number of years, yet is described as one (thus legitimating his relentless Reform activism and constant bad faith misrepresentation of evidence). 1/?

'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....

Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.

It's time for Proportional Representation.

www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

A delivery truck with the slogan "STOP SCAPEGOATING. START FIXING BRITAIN." drives past Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament on a sunny day.

Four activists wearing Refugee Action t-shirts stand in front of 10 Downing Street, holding signs that support refugee rights in the UK.

A truck displaying a digital billboard with the message "Everyone needs a safe place to live. Build homes and stop scapegoating migrants." from James, Spen Valley, parked in front the Home Office.

Person standing in front of 10 Downing Street wearing a T-shirt that reads "SAY IT LOUD SAY IT CLEAR REFUGEES WELCOME HERE," with another person and a security officer in the background.

Hey Keir Starmer, get the memo?

We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans!

People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.

APPG for Fair Elections

Fans of real democracy, of fair elections, of Proportional Representation..

You probably don’t know this..

But the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, here 👉 @appgfairelections.bsky.social

Is the LARGEST APPG in Parliament, including a lot of Labour MPs.

www.fairelections.uk

2 carved Halloween pumpkins on a night-time doorstep in front of a smaller pumpkin covered in question marks below a sign reading 'Take a leaflet ', pointing to a pile of Make Votes Matter leaflets. The two pumpkins have the following message skillfully carved into them: EQUAL VOTES NOW! The light from the pumpkins reflects off the paved floor. We need Proportional Representation now!!

🧟‍♀️STOP THE POLITICAL HORROR SHOW!!!☠️

!!Equal Votes Now!!

Anyone calling at this house can take a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social leaflet to find out more.
Happy #Halloween

😂👻🎃👻🧟‍♀️☠️😱☠️🤣🤦

(*No AI involved)

Liberal Democrat MP and @appgfairelections.bsky.social vice chair @lisasmartmp.bsky.social explains the latest push to secure electoral reform for the House of Commons here:
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#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentation

Drakeford says new Senedd voting system will keep Reform UK out of power Martin Shipton Mark Drakeford has defended the fully proportional new voting system he has introduced, saying it will prevent the far-right Reform UK party forming the next Welsh Government with less ...

“If 30% of the population in Wales vote for a party of the far right, they’ll have 30% of the Senedd, and 70% will continue to be for parties who broadly share a progressive idea of what the future Wales should be like.”

🌹 Mark Drakeford #Labour4PR

Shipley MP visits Proportional Representation campaign street stall in Saltaire On Saturday, October 25, Anna Dixon MP (Shipley, Labour) visited a street stall held in Saltaire – the Victorian model village and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Shipley council ward and pa...

Well done to our activists and thank you for your support, @annadixonmp.bsky.social 🙌

“After decades of campaigning, it feels like PR is closer than ever”.

We couldn't agree more 💪💪

"We have a five- or six-party-system trapped in the body of a two-party electoral system."

@timbale.bsky.social explains why multi-party politics is here to stay 👇

Voters want real choice. We need a proportional voting system that makes it possible.

Chaos vibes intensify

Join Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform — Labour For A New Democracy Support Labour for a New Democracy by joining LCER #Labour4PR

🌹 Across the Labour movement, the consensus view is that Britain needs a fair, proportional voting system

🙋 If you're a Labour member, affiliate or supporter, join Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform to help push for this change

“The truth matters. We need to challenge this now because otherwise it's only going to get worse.”

Justin Madders on the need to go beyond a code of conduct for political campaigning in order to address disinformation

@reformpoliticalads.bsky.social

🙃 “If you advertise a packet of crisps there’s four different sets of regulations you have to abide by. If you’re advertising for a political campaign there’s practically none.”

@alextait.bsky.social sets out some of the challenges, evidence & best practice in regulating election advertising

Great to hear from our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social at tonight's event with @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social

Cleaning up political advertising is part of our mission to deliver clean and fair elections, by:

🛡️ Countering disinformation
🗳️ Replacing First Past the Post
💷 Eliminating dark money

Ed Davey quote from December 2023 in favour of electoral reform with a Make Votes Matter logo.

In countries using proportional representation, parties are incentivised to work together collaboratively. They keep the 80% that works and try to fix the 20% that doesn't.

With FPTP, parties scrap it altogether and take years to implement a new process with lots of flaws.

#MakeVotesMatter

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Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. [Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa]. 1 PRESENTER: Now - some disturbing new research has shown 2 PRESENTER: that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives  3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, what’s your view?  FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc] FARAGE: It’s a really emotional journey  10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...  11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]

The Trump Action Tracker has had an update! Finer-grained domains, easier filtering, better views on a phone, to help make sense of 1600+ actions

This is an amazingly useful analysis of what is happening in US under Trump - and spilling into the rest of the world.
Thank you for your time and expertise, @chrischirp.bsky.social

The Trump Action Tracker has had an update! open.substack.com/pub/christin...

I would hope that one of the many MPs who benefits from Sunder's tireless work would take up this case - the defamatory video needs removing urgently, and the person responsible needs to be found and held accountable