Is it Time for PR?: Lifting the Lid on Britain’s Pressure-Cooker Politics with Stuart Donald and Emma Harrison | ep. 143
About this episode
The episode discusses the need for proportional representation in Britain's political system and its implications for democracy and inequality.
One of Compass’ evergreen campaigns is that for proportional representation. Doing away with the archaic first-past-the-post voting system is something self-evident to the new politics we here at Compass are trying to build. Ensuring cross-party collaboration and the best of all progressive ideas will be key to a democratic system that works in the people’s best interest going forward. But there’s a darker side to FPTP too: how it contributes to inequality. This little-researched area of the ...
People in this episode
Host: Compass
Guests: Stuart Donald, Emma Harrison
Topics covered
- proportional representation
- politics
- inequality
- voting systems
- democracy
- cross-party collaboration
Keywords
- proportional representation
- first-past-the-post
- politics
- inequality
- democracy
- Compass
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Compass
Books & works: Is it Time for PR?
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