Tag: David Farrell
The Irish Constitutional Convention offers a potential route-map for renewing UK democracy
If the UK were to carry out a citizens convention, what should it look like? David Farrell, the Research Director of the Irish Constitutional Convention describes how the Irish model works, and recommends that the UK follow its lead, given the constitutional uncertainties following the Scottish independence referendum, the prospect of ‘English Votes for English […]
Strategy is key in assessing the proportionality of the Single Transferable Vote
The Single Transferrable Vote is in use in several countries, most notably Australia, Ireland, India, and Scotland. It is held up as one of the more proportional systems, and frequently advocated as an alternative to the First Past the Post system in use in the UK. But just how proportional is it? David Farrell argues that determining the […]
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