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Willie Sullivan Articles

Harsh realities

The referendum campaign exposed Scottish Labour’s many flaws, writes Willie Sullivan I voted ‘Yes’ in the referendum as did several other, some prominent, members of the Scottish Labour party. I am not writing here to explain that decision but readers should know that...

No to Yes

An insider reveals why the Yes campaign lost

It’s now or never

If reformers are serious about fixing the voting system, we have to step up the pressure on the House of Lords to pass the Constitutional Reform bill – now.

The Lords are just the next hurdle for electoral reform

There was a tremor in the House of Commons on Tuesday night that may yet be remembered as the start of a political earthquake. For the first time, a majority of MPs agreed that the voting system which gave them their seats is broken, and voted in favour of a referendum on the Alternative Vote. While AV is not a proportional system, change does create opportunities and may well begin to open things out enough for a new sort of politics to edge in.