Electoral Reform
Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for services to the non-religious, who now represent a majority of the UK’s population. Andrew Copson has worked for Humanists UK since… Read more »
MPs have finished the Report Stage debate of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, as well as voting on various amendments. More such votes are expected to follow ahead of a crunch Third Reading vote next Friday. During today’s debate, MPs voted in favour of several changes that strengthen the safeguards in the… Read more »
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As a new MP, people in my constituency often ask me ‘What’s it like?’ My usual answer: ‘Bonkers!’ I don’t just mean that the workload is huge and the learning curve vertical. I also mean the way parliament itself works: archaic, full of unwritten rules and eye-wateringly inefficient. Of course, I’m still learning the ropes…. Read more »
Britain is achieving near-Victorian conditions arising from policy errors such as poor privatisations going back over thirty years, and it’s not just the Tories who are to blame. Poor politics leads to poor economic outcomes, then to people giving their rulers a kicking at the ballot-box. The need is to turn the absolute power of… Read more »
