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Unlock Democracy is the UK’s leading campaign for democracy, rights and freedoms. A grassroots movement, we are owned and run by our members. We are a non-aligned organisation, committed to working inclusively across the political spectrum.

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Elected Officials

There is a lot of talk at the moment about elected mayors and police chiefs but no mention of other organisations. For me it's a basic pillar of a fair democratic society that decisions are made by…Continue

Tags: Ofcom, Quango, TV, Broadcasting

Started by Les Simon Apr 15.

Reforming MP's

Recently read that MP's 40 or 50 years ago thought of it as a part time job.A lot carried on in their own jobs dividing their time between that and parliamentThat their low salaries helped prevent…Continue

Started by Chris Stevens Feb 22, 2010.

vote for change 2 Replies

I recieved an email last night from a group calling themselves voteforchange.They are calling for a referendum on a restructuring of the voting system which will give more influence to the…Continue

Tags: for, change, overdue, long, are

Started by James Hill. Last reply by James Hill Dec 1, 2009.

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Comment by Earl Bourne on November 28, 2010 at 8:13: Yes, but when are we going to realise that our policy on Student Grants is threatening to destroy all our hopes of achieving PR! Hopefully, not the day before the referendum but NOW!! - and DO something about it!!

Comment by Dave Thawley on October 6, 2010 at 17:34: If there is anyone in Staffordshire that wants to come to meeting I've organised one :- 14th October at 8:00 PM in the Rose Theatre in Rugeley. Please come along if you can. Cheers, Dave

Comment by Clea Curtis on August 30, 2010 at 9:38: Anyone interested in campaigning for the AV Yes vote with TBP in the Exeter/Mid Devon/North Devon area. We have our 2nd campaign planning meeting on Monday 6th September at 7.30pm in Exeter. Further details here:
http://takebackparliament.ning.com/events/mid-and-north-devon-group

Comment by ian philip james on August 17, 2010 at 20:59: Thanks Dave - Hope your daughter is recovering now

have put in a comment on the standard link you gave - kept it brief as although i agree that the voting system needs reform im not up to speed on all the possible voting systems

Comment by Dave Thawley on August 17, 2010 at 20:54: @Ian

Sorry for not getting back sooner, my 3 year old daughter fell off a bunk bed last week, knocked herself out and broke her arm. I missed a couple of days off work so I've been in catch up mode ever since.

The ERS will be organising various activities such as joining marches, writing letters to MPs, meeting local constituencies, writing to papers, distributing flyers etc. If you have any free time at all you can contribute what you want to because a lot of the work will be computer based. Moral support is just as important though and if you are not sure if you can contribute at the moment joining one of the local groups would be useful. Unless you are a coordinator which does require an agreed effort, any other participant will be expected to contribute anything they can or nothing if they can't :-) I hope this answers your question but if not please post back and I'll do what I can to clarify further. Cheers, Dave

Comment by Dave Thawley on August 17, 2010 at 20:47: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/politics/article-23868026-ni...

Please add comments positive comments - don't let the idiots who can see no further than party politics fill the page with stupid comments. There are a lot of us, if we take 5 minutes each we can fill the page up :-)

Comment by ian philip james on August 10, 2010 at 22:27: Dave

can you provide any more details?

I am interested in getting involved but not entirely sure what level of involvement i could manage.

Comment by Dave Thawley on August 10, 2010 at 21:45: Hiya

Do any of the members of this group want to get involved with the Electoral Reform Society campaign which will be getting into motion later this year. If you do then please either post back here or e-mail me directly on davethawley@yahoo.co.uk. The geographic structure of the organisation is currently being decided upon and we are just at the start of the campaign so it is a really good time to get involved.

If you know of anyone else who may be interested please pass my details on to them.

Cheers, Dave

Comment by Dave Thawley on August 2, 2010 at 11:26: James

Is there a relationship between power2010 and the electoral reform society ? They seem to be pushing on the same door which is great so I was just wondering if they were linked in any way other than ideals ? Cheers, Dave