Farage Party Would Have Won 94 Seats Under Proportional Voting System: Report
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK won over four million votes but only secured five seats in the House of Commons, sparking calls for electoral reform.
Electoral Reform
Report: Omnibus Bill to Include Electoral Count Act that Was Crafted in Response to January 6
The omnibus spending bill will include the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, a bill that was drafted in the wake of the January 6 Capitol Riots to amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and change the process for members of Congress to object to the certification of a presidential election, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
UK: Bangladeshi Once Removed from Office for Election Corruption Wins Mayoralty of Tower Hamlets, London
Tower Hamlets, London, has voted for Mohammad Lutfur Rahman — removed from office for “corrupt and illegal practices” in a 2014 election — as Mayor.
CPAC Speech Proved It’s Still Donald Trump’s Republican Party, Says Brexit’s Farage
Brexit leader Nigel Farage said that Donald Trump’s speech at CPAC cemented his position as the leader of the Republican Party.
Macron Govt Backs Off Electoral Reform After Realising It Would Benefit Right-Wing Opposition
Emmanuel Macron’s government will drop a 2017 electoral reform promise, with former Interior Minister Christophe Castaner stating it would only help Marine Le Pen’s populist party.
Brexit Party Election Launch: ‘Rotten Borough of Westminster’ Needs Constitutional Reform
Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice has unveiled plans for sweeping, wholesale constitutional reform at the party’s general election campaign launch, introducing proportional representation, replacing the House of Lords, empowering voters with real recall powers, and taking on electoral fraud and judicial bias.
POLL: 76 Per Cent Say ‘Crony’ Lords ‘Out of Touch with People’
A massive 76 per cent of voters say peers in the House of Lords are “out of tune with the will of the British people” after they voted down the government on Brexit 15 times, a poll has found.
Parliament to Consider Petition on Abolishing House of Lords After Anti-Brexit Vote
A petition calling for a referendum on the abolition of the House of Lords will be considered for a debate in Parliament after receiving more than 100,000 signatures.