Sally Yalden
@sally-yalden.bsky.social
Campaigner and activist. Loves to help people. 💜Proportional Representation 🤍EU💚Climate Action. Calling for truth, decency and integrity in politics.
Views my own.
Views my own.
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Want to see what Reform UK's politics would look like in government?
🇦🇷 Look to Argentina. Massive spike in poverty and a crashed economy.
📉 A template for disorder and chaos.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/02/javier-milei-argentina-nigel-farage-donald-trump-elon-musk
🇦🇷 Look to Argentina. Massive spike in poverty and a crashed economy.
📉 A template for disorder and chaos.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/02/javier-milei-argentina-nigel-farage-donald-trump-elon-musk
Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Want to see what Reform UK's politics would look like in government?
🇦🇷 Look to Argentina. Massive spike in poverty and a crashed economy.
📉 A template for disorder and chaos.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/02/javier-milei-argentina-nigel-farage-donald-trump-elon-musk
🇦🇷 Look to Argentina. Massive spike in poverty and a crashed economy.
📉 A template for disorder and chaos.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/02/javier-milei-argentina-nigel-farage-donald-trump-elon-musk
Well done @labour4pr.bsky.social!
🌹 “One of the events @andyburnham.bsky.social will attend in Liverpool this year will be a @labour4pr.bsky.social rally on Sunday evening, in favour of proportional representation. "The idea of a government elected on a minority of the vote is untenable," he tells me.”
Exclusive: Andy Burnham’s plan for Britain
Inside his Manchester kingdom, Labour’s prince across the water outlines his radical blueprint
www.newstatesman.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Well done @labour4pr.bsky.social!
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"With a record 60% of the public in favour of changing how we elect Parliament, Labour must take action. Our APPG – the largest all-party group – urges the Government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform without delay."
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
Electoral reform is urgent – or an extreme party could win a majority in Parliament
The APPG for Fair Elections first called on the government to establish a ‘National Commission on Electoral Reform’ last November, in the wake of t...
www.politicshome.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"With a record 60% of the public in favour of changing how we elect Parliament, Labour must take action. Our APPG – the largest all-party group – urges the Government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform without delay."
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
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So some good coverage about @zackpolanski.bsky.social winning the Green Party leadership. But we need sustained coverage of all our parties inc LibDems, Greens, SNP, Plaid & Tory/labour. We are a multi party system now. No over platforming of any party. Sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
September 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
So some good coverage about @zackpolanski.bsky.social winning the Green Party leadership. But we need sustained coverage of all our parties inc LibDems, Greens, SNP, Plaid & Tory/labour. We are a multi party system now. No over platforming of any party. Sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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🔥 The UK's voting system is bust, writes Polly Toynbee:
“The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
“The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
Keir Starmer’s legacy could be electoral reform – or Farage as prime minister | Polly Toynbee
MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🔥 The UK's voting system is bust, writes Polly Toynbee:
“The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
“The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
The wonders of FPTP… 😳
➡️ Reform lead by 16%, their largest ever advantage in an opinion poll.
This would give them 407 seats on the custom nowcast model, a majority of 164.
electionmaps.uk/nowcast/custom
This would give them 407 seats on the custom nowcast model, a majority of 164.
electionmaps.uk/nowcast/custom
August 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The wonders of FPTP… 😳
💯’Johnson can take credit for cajoling a majority to vote leave in 2016. Cameron earns a place on the podium of shame for blundering into a referendum in the first place..But Farage’s agitation was the key’…
Hope not hate!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hope not hate!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
💯’Johnson can take credit for cajoling a majority to vote leave in 2016. Cameron earns a place on the podium of shame for blundering into a referendum in the first place..But Farage’s agitation was the key’…
Hope not hate!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hope not hate!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
60.2% of voters in Romsey and Southampton North don't have the MP they voted for. That's 30,134 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...
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
August 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
60.2% of voters in Romsey and Southampton North don't have the MP they voted for. That's 30,134 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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"You know what's going to come out of all this? - An end to the First Past the Post electoral system." 💪 #GetPRDone
July 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"You know what's going to come out of all this? - An end to the First Past the Post electoral system." 💪 #GetPRDone
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Naomi Smith, CEO of B4B: "The elephant in the room is our ridiculous voting system that creates these very broad coalitions of parties."
Watch here ⬇️
Watch here ⬇️
July 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Naomi Smith, CEO of B4B: "The elephant in the room is our ridiculous voting system that creates these very broad coalitions of parties."
Watch here ⬇️
Watch here ⬇️
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“With the Government taking aim at First Past the Post for mayors it’s hard to see how they could justify inaction on the voting system for Westminster. It would look like double standards: fairer elections for mayors, no such worry for MPs.”
🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
'First past the post is corroding trust in politics. The government must make all elections fit for the future' - LabourList
Labour is right that FPTP is corroding trust in politics and is right to address this in mayoral and PCC elections. When the Government sets out its proposals for political reform, it must do the righ...
labourlist.org
July 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
“With the Government taking aim at First Past the Post for mayors it’s hard to see how they could justify inaction on the voting system for Westminster. It would look like double standards: fairer elections for mayors, no such worry for MPs.”
🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
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“The point about PR isn't that it favours one party or another. In the unlikely event that most people choose a populist party we'd get a populist government. What PR will not do - and FPTP very much would - is to hand 100% government control to a party that most people voted against” Andy Beck MVM
July 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“The point about PR isn't that it favours one party or another. In the unlikely event that most people choose a populist party we'd get a populist government. What PR will not do - and FPTP very much would - is to hand 100% government control to a party that most people voted against” Andy Beck MVM
Thank you Nick for the outstanding work you are doing @propvoting.bsky.social
Your regular reminder that evidence of the distortion of FPTP is published, for every division, by @propvoting.bsky.social.
The analysis is available for any division since March 2016.
The analysis is available for any division since March 2016.
July 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Thank you Nick for the outstanding work you are doing @propvoting.bsky.social
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Great speeches. Great Rally.
Momentum is with us!
We will keep on pushing for electoral system change to Proportional Representation.
#PRnow
Momentum is with us!
We will keep on pushing for electoral system change to Proportional Representation.
#PRnow
July 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Great speeches. Great Rally.
Momentum is with us!
We will keep on pushing for electoral system change to Proportional Representation.
#PRnow
Momentum is with us!
We will keep on pushing for electoral system change to Proportional Representation.
#PRnow
Very much looking forward to this event tomorrow. A topic I care deeply about.
Thank you @centenaryaction.bsky.social for all the incredible work you're doing to promote gender balance and strengthen our democracy through better politics.
#WomenInParliament
Thank you @centenaryaction.bsky.social for all the incredible work you're doing to promote gender balance and strengthen our democracy through better politics.
#WomenInParliament
June 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Very much looking forward to this event tomorrow. A topic I care deeply about.
Thank you @centenaryaction.bsky.social for all the incredible work you're doing to promote gender balance and strengthen our democracy through better politics.
#WomenInParliament
Thank you @centenaryaction.bsky.social for all the incredible work you're doing to promote gender balance and strengthen our democracy through better politics.
#WomenInParliament
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⚠️ "If we had a general election tomorrow, Nigel Farage would become Prime Minister with 377 seats on 30% of the vote"
🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK
@natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK
@natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
June 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
⚠️ "If we had a general election tomorrow, Nigel Farage would become Prime Minister with 377 seats on 30% of the vote"
🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK
@natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK
@natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
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💥 Public support for electoral reform has reached a new all-time high
📈 60% of people now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party
🎞️ Our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social calls for the Government to listen & act
🧵 1/3
📈 60% of people now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party
🎞️ Our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social calls for the Government to listen & act
🧵 1/3
June 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
💥 Public support for electoral reform has reached a new all-time high
📈 60% of people now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party
🎞️ Our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social calls for the Government to listen & act
🧵 1/3
📈 60% of people now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party
🎞️ Our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social calls for the Government to listen & act
🧵 1/3
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Brixham, Devon, 75 minutes.
#Morethatunites
#Morethatunites
June 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Brixham, Devon, 75 minutes.
#Morethatunites
#Morethatunites
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.@dalevince.com on @novaramedia.com
Not long before the talk turns to our broken electoral system and how PR would be so much better...
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
youtu.be/7ox_GSd0170?...
Not long before the talk turns to our broken electoral system and how PR would be so much better...
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
youtu.be/7ox_GSd0170?...
8 June 2025
YouTube video by MVM North West Surrey
youtu.be
June 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
.@dalevince.com on @novaramedia.com
Not long before the talk turns to our broken electoral system and how PR would be so much better...
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
youtu.be/7ox_GSd0170?...
Not long before the talk turns to our broken electoral system and how PR would be so much better...
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
youtu.be/7ox_GSd0170?...
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We are different from Reform. We are community politicians, we get things done in our local areas.
We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
June 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We are different from Reform. We are community politicians, we get things done in our local areas.
We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
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Approaching 1 year since the most disproportional general election result in our history...
In whatever way you can: #KeepMovingForPR !!
(bumped into Woking MP
@willforster.bsky.social at Woking ParkRun this morning😊)
💥No more FPTP
💥Proportional Representation now
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
In whatever way you can: #KeepMovingForPR !!
(bumped into Woking MP
@willforster.bsky.social at Woking ParkRun this morning😊)
💥No more FPTP
💥Proportional Representation now
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Approaching 1 year since the most disproportional general election result in our history...
In whatever way you can: #KeepMovingForPR !!
(bumped into Woking MP
@willforster.bsky.social at Woking ParkRun this morning😊)
💥No more FPTP
💥Proportional Representation now
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
In whatever way you can: #KeepMovingForPR !!
(bumped into Woking MP
@willforster.bsky.social at Woking ParkRun this morning😊)
💥No more FPTP
💥Proportional Representation now
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
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At the heart of the sewage scandal is a regulatory system which has failed.
Liberal Democrats will continue our campaign to replace Ofwat with a new regulator to clean up our waterways for good.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Liberal Democrats will continue our campaign to replace Ofwat with a new regulator to clean up our waterways for good.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Failing water sector needs stronger regulation, review says
The Water Commission finds
www.bbc.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
At the heart of the sewage scandal is a regulatory system which has failed.
Liberal Democrats will continue our campaign to replace Ofwat with a new regulator to clean up our waterways for good.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Liberal Democrats will continue our campaign to replace Ofwat with a new regulator to clean up our waterways for good.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mega councils would mean more centralisation of power and less say for local communities. That's the OPPOSITE of devolution. Back our letter to Angela Rayner.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/172182/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/172182/...
Upcoming Devolution Bill
Mega councils would mean more centralisation of power and less say for local communities. That's the OPPOSITE of devolution. Back our letter to Angela Rayner.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
June 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Mega councils would mean more centralisation of power and less say for local communities. That's the OPPOSITE of devolution. Back our letter to Angela Rayner.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/172182/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/172182/...
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🚨 "Reform UK have reached a 'tipping point' where Britain's electoral system works for them rather than holding them back", according to expert analysis
⏰ Labour needs to wake up & get serious about electoral reform - starting with a National Commission
🌹 #Labour4PR
⏰ Labour needs to wake up & get serious about electoral reform - starting with a National Commission
🌹 #Labour4PR
Farage's Reform UK reached a 'tipping point' - and it's worrying news for Labour
Analysis of the local election results by the Electoral Reform Society shows Reform getting an almost 10-percentage point 'winner's bonus' in their haul of council seats last Thursday compared to thei...
www.mirror.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🚨 "Reform UK have reached a 'tipping point' where Britain's electoral system works for them rather than holding them back", according to expert analysis
⏰ Labour needs to wake up & get serious about electoral reform - starting with a National Commission
🌹 #Labour4PR
⏰ Labour needs to wake up & get serious about electoral reform - starting with a National Commission
🌹 #Labour4PR
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In this week's @warringtonguardian.bsky.social I discuss the fragmentation of UK Politics, and a likelihood that although there may be cycles where the big two parties vote share may increase, multi-party politics just won't be shaken off. #ProportionalRepresentation
May 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In this week's @warringtonguardian.bsky.social I discuss the fragmentation of UK Politics, and a likelihood that although there may be cycles where the big two parties vote share may increase, multi-party politics just won't be shaken off. #ProportionalRepresentation