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Aileen McLoughlin

@aileenpmcl.bsky.social
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I want a new way to vote so all our votes count. I want those in power to negotiate and work for peace.

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥 BREAKING: @andyburnham.bsky.social just announced that the Government will launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform 📰 Press release: www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk/news/burnham... 🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab26
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
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Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
actionnetwork.org
Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Sign to protect the right to a fair trial
Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Britain’s politics has changed, but our voting system hasn’t. I’m asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern Britain. Join me. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/194914/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
Ask your MP to support electoral reform
It only takes 30 seconds
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Britain’s politics has changed, but our voting system hasn’t. I’m asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern Britain. Join me. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/194914/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
Ask your MP to support electoral reform
It only takes 30 seconds
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“Things change in this country when ordinary people say 'we demand change'. This is one of the issues that is starting to feel louder and louder at the moment. I think there is that level of consensus that we can't carry on with the system we currently have.” 🗨️ Angela Rayner on LBC this morning
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We’re delighted that Dr Beccy Cooper MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social is among the over 80 Labour MPs signed up in support of a National Commission on Electoral Reform 👇 🌹 #Labour4PR #ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚀 120 MPs have signed the amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform 🌹 Two thirds of them are Labour MPs 🗳️ Labour's official policy already recognises First Past the Post creates distrust & alienation ⌛ Now it's time to act
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Amendment NC31 to Representation of the People Bill to Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“Establishing a commission to examine the options is a sensible, proportionate first step and a way to restore trust in politics.” ✍️ @ruthcadbury.bsky.social MP on her support for electoral reform #ProportionalRepresentation #FPTP #Labour4PR 🌹 hounslowherald.com/bi-mp-backs-...
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Brentford & Isleworth MP backs independent commission on electoral reform
Brentford and Isleworth MP Ruth Cadbury calls for democratic renewal, backing a national commission to review the UK's fragmented electoral system.
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I've just signed my name calling for the government to investigate Brits who have returned from serving in the IDF - you should too! @DeclassifiedUK.org secure.declassifieduk.org/page/189081/...
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Nobody wants to live next to a war criminal
I've just signed my name calling for the government to investigate Brits who have returned from serving in the IDF - you should too!
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
“Things have shifted. The public already know that the current system doesn’t work and the overwhelming majority of Labour members agree. It’s great that we now have a very serious prospect of updating the way we vote.” 🌹#Labour4PR
observer.co.uk
Andy Burnham: ‘I am committed to proportional representat...
Greater Manchester mayor and potential Labour leadership challenger vows overhaul of electoral system to transform British democracy if he gets into No 10
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Britain’s voting system is broken. 70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it. But to make an impact, we need many more. I’ve urged my MP to support it with this tool. Can you contact yours too? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to back the amendment to fix our broken voting system.
Last month’s elections have shown just how broken our voting system is. 70 MPs have just supported an amendment demanding a total review of this system, and a change to proportional representation. B...
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
👇WATCH Alex Sobel MP calls for a National Commission on Electoral Reform in his response to the King's Speech 💪 @alexsobel.co.uk has tabled an amendment with over 60 fellow Labour MPs from across the party to call on government to get a grip on First Past the Post #Labour4PR 🌹
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Labour must remember and reassert what it is we are here to do: address inequality – economic and political... political equality at the ballot box is fundamental to delivering equality everywhere else in society." ✍️ @alexsobel.co.uk in @labourlist.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/05/labo...
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' After these Local Elections there can be no doubt: Labour’s future lies in electoral reform' - LabourList
First Past the Post is the biggest example of the Status Quo in UK politics.
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Alex Sobel MP @alexsobel.co.uk · 18/05/2026
Local elections confirm it: we’re a five‑party system. Yet FPTP means seats don’t match votes and stability isn’t guaranteed. Govt’s restoring Supplementary Vote for mayors, so why keep FPTP for Westminster? The Representation of the People Bill is a start, but FPTP must go. #FairElections #PR #FPTP
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Yet another trade union supporting electoral reform. Great news!!
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Yes.
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
www.crowdjustice.com/case/scottis... This is a really important legal challenge to the proscription of Palestine Action. It needs funds .... Please donate if you can
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Scottish Challenge to the Proscription of Palestine Action
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
"a pro-PR campaign is building within the Parliamentary Labour Party. Each MP involved is convinced that it won’t be long until something has to give." ✍️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social #Labour4PR #ElectoralReform #Democracy #Westminster www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Will Labour embrace electoral reform?
The party has had a fraught relationship with it
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“If the foundations of our democratic system are left to rot, we will all suffer. Labour, as the party of democratic reform, has a responsibility to lead this conversation.” Scott Arthur MP calls for Proportional Representation in @labourlist.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/03/abou...
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'Labour must lead on electoral reform before Britain’s democratic crisis deepens' - LabourList
With trust falling and fragmentation rising, Labour must lead o electoral reform before Britain’s democratic crisis worsens.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"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 www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
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Labour must not bind Britain's fate to the failing electoral system - Politics.co.uk
It’s fair to say that British democracy is in ill health. Labour has inherited rock bottom public trust in politics and a state wracked by austerity. We are working to show that government can deliver...
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🚨"Right now, Labour has the chance to lead this conversation and head off this issue. There is no time for complacency." Sean Woodcock MP & Jo Platt MP warn that FPTP is headed for chaos. ✍️ For @labourlist.bsky.social @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social @joplatt.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...
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'Labour must confront the crisis of first past the post before it’s too late' - LabourList
First past the post is fuelling distrust, fragmentation and instability. If Labour is serious about democratic renewal, it must lead the case for electoral reform now
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Emergency Briefing: Elections Bill. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
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Campaign update: December 2025
Join #Labour4PR for our next campaign update: Wednesday 17 December 2025.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🚨 The Government publishes its Bill to reform elections tomorrow 📜 This includes votes at 16, tighter donation rules & simpler voter registration 🤦 But the 'Representation of the People Bill' doesn’t do what it says on the tin - most people still won’t be represented 1/3
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Palantir and your NHS health data: a cause for concern? labourhub.org.uk/2026/01/13/p...
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Palantir and your NHS health data: a cause for concern?
By Martin Franklin In 2023, the Tory government awarded a £330 million contract for an NHS data platform to Palantir, a US-based surveillance and military technology firm. The award was made withou…
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
💯 “It’s so clear that we need a new system, fit for the 21st century, and the conversation amongst MPs is shifting from "if" to "when" and "how". As a first step the Government should set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform” 🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR
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Electoral reform: Strong support for proportional representation among Labour members - LabourList
Two thirds of Labour members would back change to UK voting system towards Proportional Representation, exclusive LabourList polling reveals.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
My warning as the new head of Unison: never again will we prop up politicians hostile to unions www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My warning as the new head of Unison: never again will we prop up politicians hostile to unions | Andrea Egan
I have been appalled by Wes Streeting’s attacks on resident doctors. The destructive right wing of the Labour party should know that this is a new era, says the general secretary-elect of Unison, Andrea...
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🎰 “When First Past the Post collides with multiparty competition, the electoral slot machine spins into operation” ⚠️ A stark warning from the @economist.com that the “unfairness of FPTP could undermine the legitimacy of the governments it produces”
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Our new model captures the lottery of Britain’s electoral system
Similar results, our data analysis shows, can yield strikingly different outcomes
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Join me at Solidarity Rally with Gloucestershire Phlebotomists www.megaphone.org.uk/events/solid...
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Solidarity Rally with Gloucestershire Phlebotomists
We’re the phlebotomists who take blood from patients at Gloucester and Cheltenham hospitals. We’re on the longest running strike in NHS history fighting for fair pay and respect. We’ve been ignored, u...
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
My vote for Andrea Egan for Unison General Secretary has been posted. Have you voted? We need change! @andrea4gs.bsky.social
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
So proud my branch gas backed Andrea Egan @andrea4gs.bsky.social Now let's get it the vote to change our union and have a leader with a strong voice
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Chichester District UNISON has nominated me to be UNISONs next General Secretary! Read my manifesto built with support from our very own members, to win for members 👉https://buff.ly/OqDDdLt
We're backing Andrea 

Chichester District UNISON

Andrea Egan for General Secretary
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
“There’s nothing more unstoppable than an idea whose time has come - and PR’s time has come.” 💬 @andyburnham.bsky.social 🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.” 🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
And don't miss... 🗳️ Make It Count: How Labour can deliver electoral reform & rebuild trust in politics ⏲️ 16:15 🗓️ Monday 29 September 📍 Bluecoat, L1 3BX 🤝 With @thefabians.bsky.social & @appgfairelections.bsky.social How a National Commission on Electoral Reform can lead the way to fair votes
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I am in Labour Link in @unison.org.uk Who made this decision? Is this what democrac looks like in our largest trade union? It demonstrates what we know - the UNISON establishment supports Starmer's wishes wherever they lead. Andrea will review Labour Link. We need change at the top andrea4gs.org.uk
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Andrea Egan for General Secretary
Social worker. Straight-talking working class trade unionist. Campaigning to be the next General Secretary of UNISON.
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I'll be voting for Andrea! #Andrea4UNISONGenSec #Andrea4GS
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📢 “Isn't it also time for a National Commission on Electoral Reform?” 👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections 🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR
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Ian Allinson @ianallinson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
It looks like there will be just two candidates for UNISON leader – Christina McAnea and Andrea Egan. Elections can generate waffle and confusion. I've picked through their manifestos for actionable pledges – stripping out the vague and aspirational. workers-can-win.info/UNISONgs2025
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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
📈 “We are looking at 60% of people saying we should change the voting system... for the first time, we have majority support amongst the supporters of all parties in the country in favour of changing the voting system” 🎓 Professor John Curtice on record support for fair votes
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections. 5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW. ✍️ Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
actionnetwork.org
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...
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Aileen McLoughlin @aileenpmcl.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Welcome news - a good start to fixing our democracy
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"By committing to changing this, the Government has wisely taken a step in the right direction - but First Past the Post is just as flawed when it comes to general elections." 🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Thanks for your support @billybragg.bsky.social 🙌 At Glastonbury, we chatted about the need to fix our voting system and the rally that Young MVM is hosting on the 6th of July. Great to see it mentioned in @rollingstoneuk.bsky.social See you on Sunday: actionnetwork.org/events/londo...
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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🎥 "It should be that people have the power, and that means making sure that people can't buy elections." At our event in Parliament this week, @appgfairelections.bsky.social Vice Chair, @lisasmartmp.bsky.social called for action to stop the power of big money in our politics.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
“Place first, not party first. That’s a better politics, that connects with the country. I think it’s time for Proportional Representation.” @andyburnham.bsky.social Delighted to have partnered with @compassoffice.bsky.social for today’s Change: How? Conference! #RadicalRenewal #Labour4PR 🌹
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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🚨 "So no, look, we are firmly in favour of First Past the Post", says Reform UK's Chairman ⏰ Labour needs to wake up: First Past the Post is now Nigel Farage's "friend" 💣 Why risk a far fight majority government on less than 30% of the vote?
spectator.co.uk
Is Reform changing its tune on voting reform?
With more than 650 councillors and a new MP to boot, Nigel Farage’s teal army is clearly on the up. But while Reform UK is always happy to call out others’ volte faces – including Starmer’s Brexit ‘be...
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