💩The scandal of privatised water is an issue Labour can’t wash away.
We’ve been working with @weownit.org.uk and councillors like @jamesmcash.bsky.social to pass motions across the region; because the public, not shareholders, should decide on our water.
Agree? actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
💩The scandal of privatised water is an issue Labour can’t wash away.
We’ve been working with @weownit.org.uk and councillors like @jamesmcash.bsky.social to pass motions across the region; because the public, not shareholders, should decide on our water.
Agree? actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
🌊Fantastic to see another council call for Thames Water to be brought back into public hands!
The public should decide what happens to our water, not shareholders!
Swindon Borough Council is now one of a dozen councils standing up for what 82% of the public want.
💥 Professor Vernon Bogdanor writes for @financialtimes.com:
"An electoral system should do two things: ensure that the majority rules and that significant minorities are adequately represented.
First Past the Post achieves neither."
'Ofwat also said South East Water failed to maintain key infrastructure such as service reservoirs, boreholes and major pipes.'
What are we doing here?
Make no mistake: these aren't fines but forced investment in infrastructure.
Investment is great, it's needed, but it shouldn't take legal action for water companies to do their actual job.
Public ownership is the only option. The arguments against are drying up.
👇Some stunning analysis in the thread below showing where 2024 Labour voters are going (hint: it's not all Reform!).
It's clear the progressive majority exists: but we need to harness it.
📝OUT NOW
In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.
Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.
#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem
Read the publication here: www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
📝OUT NOW
In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.
Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.
#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem
🧨“The Government’s refusal to look at Proportional Representation is dangerously short-sighted.”
Brendan O'Hara MP eloquently warns of the possibility that Reform may win majority power in 2029 on barely 30% of the vote if #FirstPastThePost stays.
#ElectoralReform #Democracy
OUT NOW: New research reveals the link between First-Past-the-Post and the rise of Reform UK.
Read our paper ‘Lifting the Lid on Britain’s Pressure-Cooker Politics’ by Stuart Donald.
Read the publication here: www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
OUT NOW: New research reveals the link between First-Past-the-Post and the rise of Reform UK.
Read our paper ‘Lifting the Lid on Britain’s Pressure-Cooker Politics’ by Stuart Donald.
Inequality in Britain is rampant, writes @pollytoynbee.bsky.social, and has become so with the help of our electoral system.
Our new research paper, 'Lifting the Lid', links our fragmenting voting system to mass regional deprivation, and regional deprivation to the all-powerful nature of FPTP.
✍️We're hiring!
Compass is looking for a Digital Engagement Officer.
If you're good with everything online and supporter-facing - mailings, social media - then we want to hear from you!
👇Click below to apply (deadline March 23rd at 5pm)
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The Spring Statement was another chance for this Labour Government to seize the narrative - instead it just proved confusing.
Compass in the @politics.mirror.co.uk.
🧨“The Government’s refusal to look at Proportional Representation is dangerously short-sighted.”
Brendan O'Hara MP eloquently warns of the possibility that Reform may win majority power in 2029 on barely 30% of the vote if #FirstPastThePost stays.
#ElectoralReform #Democracy
This one specific outcome would bring about a case for the nationwide Progressive Alliance that exists in Britain.
Green-Lib-Lab-SNP-Plaid majority.
The ideas are separate but there can be a common goal and it needs to be found in our fragmented era of multi-party politics.
📜 The House of Commons just debated the Representation of the People Bill
💥 Great to see more Labour MPs joining the call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform
📺 @patrickhurley.bsky.social @catsmithmp.bsky.social @chriscurtis94.bsky.social & @jamesnaish.bsky.social
🌹 #Labour4PR
"The Westminster system is crumbling. Labour must rebuild it – or we will find ourselves under the rubble."
✍️ Beccy Cooper MP & Tim Roca MP
🌹 #Labour4PR #ElectoralReform #Democracy
@drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social @timrocamp.bsky.social @politics.co.uk
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Things change slowly, and then very quickly.
@meganekenyon.bsky.social and @peterkellner.bsky.social joined us last night to dissect the result of Thursday's by-election in Gorton & Denton.
Out now 👇
Reminder that this is happening at 6pm for members!
The Gorton & Denton result is a huge win for progressives.
But for the sake of securing a progressive majority in 2029, we must heed its wider lessons too.
As Neal Lawson argues: in a broken two-party system, First Past the Post risks splitting the progressive vote and letting Reform in.
There is appetite in Britain for a bold, progressive agenda. This spectacular Green victory shows that.
Now's the time to get it done.
Compass in The Mirror @politics.mirror.co.uk.
🗳️"Last night’s seismic Gorton & Denton by-election result is the final nail in the coffin of a politics that kisses right and punches left."
Director Neal Lawson for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on how Labour's hyper-factionalism is in its final throes.
