Jon Snow
Constitutional reform proposals are flooding out of No. 10 (without much consultation it seems) in the wake of the Scottish referendum. So is now the time for much needed House of Lords reform?
Gary Gibbon
The reform of the House of Lords would have been a big event for the Lib Dems, but after AV, there will be no fireworks – not even a party popper.
Jon Snow
So Peter Mandelson tells us Gordon Brown could handle a TV debate during the elections against David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Mr Cameron has responded by saying he wants one. This returns me to a theme I’ve visited before on Snowblog, and that relates to the nature of our own presidential politics. Britain’s democratic deficit…
Gary Gibbon
This was Gordon Brown in Mrs Merton mode – “let’s have a heated debate.” On electoral reform, there is nothing the government can do this side of a general election. The Prime Minister is effectively planning the next Labour general election manifesto in which a commitment to electoral reform, some type of additional vote system…
Jon Snow
Gordon Brown will signal today whether the political classes “get it” when it comes to combating the expenses scandal in parliament. “Getting it” extends well beyond expenses to full-blown reform of our system of governance, as I have written here before.