THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Labour is Rigging Mayoral Voting Rules to Try to Stop Farage’s Reform Party.
Britain's governing Labour Party is making sudden changes to the mayoral voting system in an attempt to stop Nigel Farage's Reform UK party from winning a possible contest in Greater Manchester.
Britain’s governing Labour Party is making sudden changes to the mayoral voting system in an attempt to stop Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party from winning a possible contest in Greater Manchester. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Britain’s governing Labour Party has expedited changes to the voting system for regional mayors, switching from first-past-the-post to the supplementary vote (SV) system—expected to benefit the leftist party in a potential Greater Manchester mayoral election. DETAIL: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is standing for election in the Makerfield parliamentary by-election (special election) and will be forced to vacate his current post if he wins and enters Parliament, triggering a mayoral election. Local…Open