More on electoral reform
Nick Robinson has just written a fascinating post revealing lots of interesting detail about what's happening in the Democratic Renewal Council, which I mentioned on Saturday . It seems that both Lords reform and electoral reform are on the cards for quick action - though the electoral system being most seriously considered is not PR but Alternative Vote (interestingly, I had an informed response by email to Saturday's article which hinted at this). Nick explains the difference in his article linked above. I'm not sure if AV is more likely to favour Labour electorally than PR, but no doubt we will hear further analysis soon. Needless to say I think this bold and swift action is exactly the right political move for the government to take, and if followed up with consistently bold announcements from the other two cabinet Councils, will help to show that Labour does have a vision for the future of government. I'm not sure which should report first, but probably domestic p...