The Electoral Reform Society’s Michael Calderbank explains how a major shake-up of our democratic system is necessary to see off the BNP threat.Â
At the national conference of Unite Against Fascism (UAF) earlier this year, it was repeatedly claimed that ‘people know which party is best placed to defeat the BNP’. The conference was told that, […]
The dust has far from settled on the Nigerian presidential election, with observers calling into question the legitimacy of the poll, and plentiful reports of vote rigging and violence.
The British Guardian today reports that the PDP candidate Umaru Yar’Adua won 1.8m votes in Rivers state against a combined total of just 109,000 for the two main […]
The Nigerian election commission has just announced that the ruling People’s Democratic Party candidate, Umaru Yar’Adua, has won the Presidential election there. More details and comment to follow.
Read more →Voting took place in Nigeria yesterday in the parliamentary and presidential elections.
Observers have reported ballot stuffing, multiple voting, delayed polling and vote buying around the country, which has cast a shadow over the elections. On Friday there was even an attempt to blow up the Federal Election Commission’s headquarters in the capital, Abuja, by ramming […]
Jon Trickett MP, Chair of the Compass Group of MPs and Labour MP for Hemsworth, explains how Labour’s core constituencies, including ethnic minority groups, have defected since 1997 and the scale of the electoral task Labour faces as it seeks a fourth term under a new leader.
There is much talk about the imminent departure of […]
The Labour Party this week announced the shortlist for the selection of a new parliamentary candidate in Bethnal Green and Bow to succeed the last candidate there, Oona King. King famously lost to the current incumbent Respect MP, “Gorgeous†George Galloway (pictured). The selection vote takes place on Saturday 28th April. With five of the […]
Read more →Nigeria held state gubernatorial elections over the weekend, ahead of the country’s general election later this week. The BBC is reporting that the ruling People’s Democratic Party has won 26 of the 32 state races declared so far and the Supreme Court has ruled that the Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, should be allowed to contest […]
Read more →The impetus to set up this website stemmed from the fact that there was no space – magazine, journal, online discussion group – for those on the progressive left and from diverse backgrounds, to come together and talk about politics from the multicultural progressive perspective.
Usually the media focuses on Britain’s ethnic minorities when an event […]
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