Sentences with phrase «put electoral reform»

There are indeed Lib Dems close to Nick Clegg who have privately suggested that Cameron might be willing to put electoral reform «on the table».

If the Labour party believes in «One Nation» it should put electoral reform into its agenda and find a «One Nation» electoral system to replace FPTP.

Not exact matches

Far from putting proportional representation on the agenda, the Tories are now in a position to push through reform of electoral boundaries under the existing first - past - the - post system to make it fairer (i.e. better for them).

Given the Fabian society has a good record on electoral reform, perhaps you might take action / put pressure on the likes of Tom Harris who undermined Lib - Lab negotiations by saying he'd never accept anything other than FPTP.

AV may be far from perfect for those (like ippr) who want genuine proportional representation, but this is the closest we've come to getting electoral reform put to the people (who deserve the chance to have a say on this).

Last month, trade unionists met with electoral reform campaigners to start putting together a left - wing case for democratic revival.

What a contrast with the electoral reform referendum of 2011, which the Conservatives said had put the issue to a bed for a generation.

After being asked four times to rule out such discussions on electoral reform, Cameron said: «Put the question in, you know, Serbo - Croat, if you want to — but you're going to get the same answer.»

The mayor said his main focus will be on expanding pre-kindergarten to 3 - year - olds, along with increasing investments in affordable housing, putting body cameras on patrol officers citywide and tackling electoral reform.

We can change the register, we can change the electoral process but until there is reform of our political parties and our electorates in terms of how they engage in the system we will still have a register that is not credible regardless of how much money you put into the system,» she argued.

The danger, for anyone interested in putting an end to a process that protects unresponsive officials, is not that Cuomo will fail to get the legislature to go along with him; it is that he will cut a deal, in exchange for something else he wants, that would allow the legislature to keep a firmer hand in the process of drawing electoral lines than the reform proposal currently calls for.

But he suggested that another question on electoral reform might one day be put to the electorate.

I think electoral reform is doomed when you put it to the public as a «take it or leave it» proposition.