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Here is your reminder that yes, science is real, whether you think so or not
Buttigieg: We didn't know it, but we've all been trusting our lives to the restraint of whoever the president might be. And now we have a president who is completely unrestrained. And so the only answer to that is a functioning Congress.
It turns out we do not have a functioning Congress.
“.. Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,” she wrote in her comment, according to Reuters.
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You can sign my parliamentary petition if you’d like a National Commission to review the working of the current system and find a consensus on a more proportional one for UK elections.
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Please sign my petition in support of a change in the electoral system for Westminster
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"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally."
Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
"The question is no longer whether the current system has problems. Increasingly, it is what should replace it."
Yesterday we hosted the launch of our new report about voting systems, with @markpackuk.bsky.social, Professor Maria Iacovou and our CEO @emmacampaigner.bsky.social.
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Proportional representation is not just about representing more parties, but about giving voters real control over their councils and what happens in their local areas.
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BT CEO collects £5.58m in pay and bonus, up from £2.48m.
4.1% increase for employees earning less than £30,000, 3% rise for the rest.
BT profit boosted by inflation+ rises in customer bills, job cuts on the way.
No govt checks fat-cattery, all preach wage restraint to struggling workers.
I spent uni savings on getting my teeth fixed -the real cost of NHS dentist shortage.
14m people pushed into private sector.
Initial consultation fee up 23% in 2 yrs, tooth extraction fee up 32%.
Private equity profiteering. Profit margins, 20%-30%.
People avoid dentists, pull their own teeth.
Dame Joan Ruddock
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Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
May’s English local elections ended one-party dominance in over 30 councils, with 64 of the 136 councils now under no overall control. But a council under no overall control elected by
When people talk about "changing the voting system", sometimes people are talking about different things. Are we discussing electing a single position or how votes nationally are converted into seats? It makes a big difference.
Read the report here ⬇️
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When is an electoral reform not proportional? That question matters because support for scrapping First Past the Post is growing, yet not every alternative would solve Westminster’s ce
