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Richard Wood
@richard-wood.bsky.social
🗳️ Electoral reform campaigner. Unlock Democracy councillor. LDER. Runner. Writer. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔶❎

📍London, Edinburgh, Kinross

💻 Upgrade Holyrood founder: https://upgradeholyrood.com/
The challenge will be getting that two-thirds SP majority not to mention the political will for any reform of course
May 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
AMS was a good intro to PR for Holyrood, but after the 2026 vote and almost three decades of devolution it's time for at the very least a review and at most a new, more representative system. Lessons can be learnt from what happened (and didn't quite happen!) with the Welsh reforms as you note
May 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Exactly, there was even analysis suggesting Blair would have won bigger in terms of seats in 97 under AV
May 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
One mayorality so far!
May 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We live in a multi-party system, which First Past the Post can never fairly represent. Local elections will show this failure in action and the need for Proportional Representation at all levels of government
April 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM