An elected second chamber, even with proportional voting, would make our political system less, not more, democratic. Campaigning for a proportional voting for a second chamber with limited powers would distract attention from the critical goal of achieving proportional representation in the Commons, where the real power lies. It would increase the patronage of the…

The purpose of the Radical Party is to stimulate discussion on what an evidence-based, egalitarian, democratic, humane, progressive, left-of-centre and electorally credible political agenda could look like – a task which someone must get a grip on. Most of our policies could hardly fail to fall somewhere within the spectrum of views encompassed by the…

The revelation that peers claimed £23 million in expenses and attendance allowances in 2018-19 (an increase of almost 30% over the previous year) has coincided with a fresh call by the Electoral Reform Society for an elected upper chamber – but won’t this end up making things not better but much worse? Of course, the…