Unlock Democracy, London Videos

We need to make sure this is the last election where the voices of millions of voters won't be heard 🗳️. It's time to register every voter, scrap voter ID, & introduce a fairer proportional voting system. Our Director Tom Brake on Sky News earlier today.

We’re told the price of disproportional election results is the ability to kick out governments. Yet since 1970 no govt to have gone into an election with a majority has been replaced by a new govt (of a different party) with its own majority. FPTP is failing on its own terms.

UD Director Tom Brake at Lib Dem Conference
Our director, Tom Brake, spoke yesterday at #LibDem Conference in favour of a motion to bring in a 'truly fair democracy'. Its proposals, including to introduce PR, as well as separate commitments to improve standards in public life, will go some way to halting the democratic backsliding our report exposed earlier this year ➡️ bit.ly/46prRAc But we're also calling on the Liberal Democrats to go further to protect and nourish our democracy.

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Unlock Democracy's Director, on Peter Cardwell's TalkTV show, sets out exactly why photo voter ID is: unnecessary, expensive and discriminatory. PS And according to former Government Minister Jacob Rees Mogg, it was also an attempt at Government gerrymandering that badly backfired

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Unlock Democracy's Director Tom Brake on Ben Kentish's show on LBC making the case for all MPs, including Nadine Dorries, to have a job description.

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Welcome & timely debate led by Tommy Sheppard MP on the composition of the House of Lords. Everyone can see it is not fit for purpose. Polling regularly shows the public support serious reform. This means more than simply removing the remaining 92 hereditary peers Keir Starmer.

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Great video here from Shout Out UK and the Greater London Authority. Tells everyone what they need to know about photo voter ID.

Debbie Abrahams 10 min rule bill
We welcome Debbie Abraham MP's new code of conduct bill to hold politicians to account! Breaches of the ministerial code must be punished and oversight of MPs' behaviour should be beefed up. We wrote last week to the PM's new ethics adviser to urge him to act. The gov must engage in good faith & the public interest with this latest attempt to restore trust in politics