Nigel Farage's Reform UK party would be the largest party in Parliament if an election was held today, according to a new poll.
New polling has revealed that Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is on track to become the largest party in Britain’s Parliament. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party would become the largest party in Parliament if an election were held today, according to a new poll. DETAIL: According to a major poll commissioned by far-left activist group HOPE Not Hate and conducted by research agency Survation, Reform would secure 227 out of the 650 seats in the House of Commons if a general election were held today. A party requires 326 seats to form a majority, meaning that Reform would be the largest party in a hung parliament; that is, one in which no party has enough seats to govern alone. The poll showed the governing…Open
The prospective prime minister aims to “reform” Britain’s democracy—into a disguised permanent dictatorship. The post Burnham’s Disproportionate Misrepresentation appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Burnham’s Disproportionate Misrepresentation The prospective prime minister aims to “reform” Britain’s democracy—into a disguised permanent dictatorship. UK Special Coverage Proportional representation is an extremely boring thing. Which is precisely why, if you want to destroy British democracy, it is such a very useful tool. The mind-numbingly tedious voting system is even known by the initialism “PR,” which is ideal for a structure whose main public appeal really is a matter of pure public relations. Marching into Parliament wielding machine-guns is far too obvious a way to stage a coup.…Open
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