@misterapb.bsky.social
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MVM North West Surrey
@mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social
Canalside Community Fridge co-founder
Teacher
MVM North West Surrey
@mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social
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How Many Voters are Unrepresented? - Make Votes Matter
Find out how many people in your area are effectively voiceless under First Past the Post
makevotesmatter.org.uk
SHOCKING: 50.1% of voters in Woking don't have the MP they voted for. That's 24,126 people with ZERO voice in Parliament.
Nationally: 56% of voters lack representation, 66% didn't vote for Labour.
Use Make Votes Matter's tool to check your area:
makevotesmatter.org.uk/unrepresente...
Nationally: 56% of voters lack representation, 66% didn't vote for Labour.
Use Make Votes Matter's tool to check your area:
makevotesmatter.org.uk/unrepresente...
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This is my kind of good trouble.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is my kind of good trouble.
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Our ridiculous voting system in all its un-proportional glory!
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Our ridiculous voting system in all its un-proportional glory!
Brilliant work @mvm-sussex.bsky.social 🤩🤩🤩
What a busy day! Thanks to everyone who visited our stall to talk about the urgent need for #ProportionalRepresentation in UK elections - including Stella Creasy MP who stopped for a quick chat on the importance of keeping local representation in the voting system.
#MakeVotesMatter
#MakeVotesMatter
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Brilliant work @mvm-sussex.bsky.social 🤩🤩🤩
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What a busy day! Thanks to everyone who visited our stall to talk about the urgent need for #ProportionalRepresentation in UK elections - including Stella Creasy MP who stopped for a quick chat on the importance of keeping local representation in the voting system.
#MakeVotesMatter
#MakeVotesMatter
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What a busy day! Thanks to everyone who visited our stall to talk about the urgent need for #ProportionalRepresentation in UK elections - including Stella Creasy MP who stopped for a quick chat on the importance of keeping local representation in the voting system.
#MakeVotesMatter
#MakeVotesMatter
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Why should Labour bring in Proportional Representation NOW?
" It's fairer and more democratic."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
" It's fairer and more democratic."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Why should Labour bring in Proportional Representation NOW?
" It's fairer and more democratic."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
" It's fairer and more democratic."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
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Why should Labour bring in Proportional Representation NOW?
"Our current First Past The Post system is UNJUST and leaves most people VOICELESS - causing hopelessness and even fomenting extremism."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
"Our current First Past The Post system is UNJUST and leaves most people VOICELESS - causing hopelessness and even fomenting extremism."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Why should Labour bring in Proportional Representation NOW?
"Our current First Past The Post system is UNJUST and leaves most people VOICELESS - causing hopelessness and even fomenting extremism."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
"Our current First Past The Post system is UNJUST and leaves most people VOICELESS - causing hopelessness and even fomenting extremism."
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentationNow #Transformations
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We're all set up at Lewes Labour's Ideas Market #Transformations. Come and have a chat with us and add your voice to our poster on why we need #ProportionalRepresentationNow !
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We're all set up at Lewes Labour's Ideas Market #Transformations. Come and have a chat with us and add your voice to our poster on why we need #ProportionalRepresentationNow !
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"The electoral system is at breaking point."
- argued @alexsobel.co.uk, Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, on
@iaindale.bsky.social show.
In our multi-party era, increasingly unrepresentative election results risk undermining trust in our very democracy.
We need PR more than ever.
- argued @alexsobel.co.uk, Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, on
@iaindale.bsky.social show.
In our multi-party era, increasingly unrepresentative election results risk undermining trust in our very democracy.
We need PR more than ever.
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"The electoral system is at breaking point."
- argued @alexsobel.co.uk, Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, on
@iaindale.bsky.social show.
In our multi-party era, increasingly unrepresentative election results risk undermining trust in our very democracy.
We need PR more than ever.
- argued @alexsobel.co.uk, Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, on
@iaindale.bsky.social show.
In our multi-party era, increasingly unrepresentative election results risk undermining trust in our very democracy.
We need PR more than ever.
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💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
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📰 NEW BLOG by our CEO Emma Harrison 👇👇👇
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
Welcome to the multi-party era - Make Votes Matter
Everyone seems to be talking about the new multi-party reality we now find ourselves in. While many are wringing their hands and worrying about fragmentation,
makevotesmatter.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
📰 NEW BLOG by our CEO Emma Harrison 👇👇👇
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
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Proportional Representation is an idea whose time has come.
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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"Proportional Representation [is] no longer the subject of an abstract discussion on the margins, but an urgent and compelling proposition supported across our party."
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"Proportional Representation [is] no longer the subject of an abstract discussion on the margins, but an urgent and compelling proposition supported across our party."
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
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We deserve better than governments that 2/3 of the public voted against, or MPs that 3/4 of their constituents didn't choose.
We deserve better than to be ignored over and over again, because of where we live or who we support.
We all deserve better than First Past the Post.
We deserve better than to be ignored over and over again, because of where we live or who we support.
We all deserve better than First Past the Post.
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We deserve better than governments that 2/3 of the public voted against, or MPs that 3/4 of their constituents didn't choose.
We deserve better than to be ignored over and over again, because of where we live or who we support.
We all deserve better than First Past the Post.
We deserve better than to be ignored over and over again, because of where we live or who we support.
We all deserve better than First Past the Post.
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💥 For a new report, @demos-uk.bsky.social interviewed 700+ teenagers.
72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.
"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.
Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...
72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.
"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.
Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
💥 For a new report, @demos-uk.bsky.social interviewed 700+ teenagers.
72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.
"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.
Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...
72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.
"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.
Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...
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💥🎄🍻☕🥤💥🎄🍻☕🥤
'PintsForPR'
--Friday 5th December--
🎄🍻☕🥤💥💥🎄🍻☕🥤
For anyone in the Woking on 5th December, come and join us for a festive PR pint/'pop'/wine/coffee from 7pm in the Wheatsheaf pub.
The more. The merrier. Make. Votes. Matter.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
maps.app.goo.gl/aMKqLy1zVi99...
'PintsForPR'
--Friday 5th December--
🎄🍻☕🥤💥💥🎄🍻☕🥤
For anyone in the Woking on 5th December, come and join us for a festive PR pint/'pop'/wine/coffee from 7pm in the Wheatsheaf pub.
The more. The merrier. Make. Votes. Matter.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
maps.app.goo.gl/aMKqLy1zVi99...
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
💥🎄🍻☕🥤💥🎄🍻☕🥤
'PintsForPR'
--Friday 5th December--
🎄🍻☕🥤💥💥🎄🍻☕🥤
For anyone in the Woking on 5th December, come and join us for a festive PR pint/'pop'/wine/coffee from 7pm in the Wheatsheaf pub.
The more. The merrier. Make. Votes. Matter.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
maps.app.goo.gl/aMKqLy1zVi99...
'PintsForPR'
--Friday 5th December--
🎄🍻☕🥤💥💥🎄🍻☕🥤
For anyone in the Woking on 5th December, come and join us for a festive PR pint/'pop'/wine/coffee from 7pm in the Wheatsheaf pub.
The more. The merrier. Make. Votes. Matter.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
maps.app.goo.gl/aMKqLy1zVi99...
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“MPs across the Commons are calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform: a time limited, independent process to review First Past the Post and alternatives and recommend a way forward”
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“MPs across the Commons are calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform: a time limited, independent process to review First Past the Post and alternatives and recommend a way forward”
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
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There is absolutely clear and compelling evidence that X is in breach of its legal obligations in the UK, under both the Online Safety Act and the Equality Act, because This point landed well with the Women & Equalities Select Committee today
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
There is absolutely clear and compelling evidence that X is in breach of its legal obligations in the UK, under both the Online Safety Act and the Equality Act, because This point landed well with the Women & Equalities Select Committee today
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💥 In just 5 days, more than 12,000 people have signed our petition to the Democracy Minister.
Can you help make it even bigger?
The government's Elections Bill could be published any day. We need a fairer voting system to be part of it.
Sign & share ✍️
Can you help make it even bigger?
The government's Elections Bill could be published any day. We need a fairer voting system to be part of it.
Sign & share ✍️
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
💥 In just 5 days, more than 12,000 people have signed our petition to the Democracy Minister.
Can you help make it even bigger?
The government's Elections Bill could be published any day. We need a fairer voting system to be part of it.
Sign & share ✍️
Can you help make it even bigger?
The government's Elections Bill could be published any day. We need a fairer voting system to be part of it.
Sign & share ✍️
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Proportional Representation is an idea whose time has come.
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Proportional Representation is an idea whose time has come.
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
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60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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Citizenship will be statutory from KS1! What does this mean for schools, teachers & young people? Join ACT’s expert panel discussion exploring next steps for the subject.
25 Nov | 3:30pm | Free for members https://ow.ly/BHIl50Xn9Bw
#CitizenshipEducation #CurriculumReview
25 Nov | 3:30pm | Free for members https://ow.ly/BHIl50Xn9Bw
#CitizenshipEducation #CurriculumReview
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Citizenship will be statutory from KS1! What does this mean for schools, teachers & young people? Join ACT’s expert panel discussion exploring next steps for the subject.
25 Nov | 3:30pm | Free for members https://ow.ly/BHIl50Xn9Bw
#CitizenshipEducation #CurriculumReview
25 Nov | 3:30pm | Free for members https://ow.ly/BHIl50Xn9Bw
#CitizenshipEducation #CurriculumReview