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  • 5 Apr 2011
    Alternative Vote would boost power of average voter, says NEF

    Independent analysis from think-tank NEF (the New Economics Foundation) has shown that AV would give a significant boost to the power of the average voter.

  • 11 Mar 2011
    Time to atone: The churches and the Alternative Vote

    Once in a while, the Church gets a chance to atone for its sins. The referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) for Westminster elections is a golden opportunity to demonstrate that, unlike the Church of 100 years ago, which op¬posed the suffragettes, it will back the campaign for a fairer electoral system.

  • 2 Mar 2011
    Vulnerable will benefit from a 'Yes' vote in Wales

    A 'yes' vote in the 3 March poll over direct powers for the Welsh Assembly is vital to ensuring fair treatment and legislation for the vulnerable, say charities.

  • 28 Feb 2011
    AV: debate and propaganda

    What are the distinguishing points of a campaign and a debate? Surely that the former facilitates the latter. It seems that the 'No to AV' grouping haven't quite got that sorted.

  • 2 Feb 2011
    Bishops back voting reform

    Ten Church of England bishops have backed a change from the first-past-the-post voting system to the Alternative Vote system.

  • 8 Jan 2011
    South Sudan should not be born into debt

    If South Sudan secedes, the new country should not start life with a debt burden, says the Jubilee Debt Campaign

  • 25 Dec 2010
    New Year's resolution: change British politics

    Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley, who has been seconded* for part of the week to act as a spokesperson for the Yes! To Fairer Votes campaign, has made a video appealing for New Year support in the run-up to the 5 May 2011 voting system referendum.

  • 23 Dec 2010
    Lutheran leader encourages backing for Sudan over referendum

    The head of the Lutheran World Federation has called for prayer and assistance for the people of Sudan ahead of the 9 January referendum on autonomy in South Sudan.