Keith has never made a principled stand on anything
yes please, without it they will not be getting my vote for the first time since I got the franchise.
The first principled thing to do would be to approach it from the side of “what’s best from the country”, not “what’s best for the Labour party”.
Any approach to electoral reform that starts with “what’s best for the party” is simply not going to be a principled stand.
Honestly, electoral reform is a way more important way to “restore trust in politics” than poorly thought through plans to transition to a political system where 2 elected houses (who will no doubt promptly resume bickering over who deserves primacy since it’s only a settled matter because the Commons have a democratic mandate and the Lords don’t) need to agree to pass anything (hello gridlock).
It’d be an unambiguous indication that Starmer will in fact put the greater good of the country (and not just according to ultra-reactionary media barons, either) over the greater good of his career and the Labour Party as the hegemon of the left wing vote. It’d be a clear signal that, actually, he is not too ideologically craven or mired in self-interest to undertake the fundamental reforms British democracy needs to be healthy again. Something that would definitely go down well with people like me right now.
It’s inevitable. I just hope it happens sooner rather than later.
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Keith has never made a principled stand on anything
yes please, without it they will not be getting my vote for the first time since I got the franchise.
The first principled thing to do would be to approach it from the side of “what’s best from the country”, not “what’s best for the Labour party”.
Any approach to electoral reform that starts with “what’s best for the party” is simply not going to be a principled stand.
Honestly, electoral reform is a way more important way to “restore trust in politics” than poorly thought through plans to transition to a political system where 2 elected houses (who will no doubt promptly resume bickering over who deserves primacy since it’s only a settled matter because the Commons have a democratic mandate and the Lords don’t) need to agree to pass anything (hello gridlock).
It’d be an unambiguous indication that Starmer will in fact put the greater good of the country (and not just according to ultra-reactionary media barons, either) over the greater good of his career and the Labour Party as the hegemon of the left wing vote. It’d be a clear signal that, actually, he is not too ideologically craven or mired in self-interest to undertake the fundamental reforms British democracy needs to be healthy again. Something that would definitely go down well with people like me right now.
It’s inevitable. I just hope it happens sooner rather than later.