Tag: Standards

25Sep/21

Do Democratic Political Parties have to be Democratic?

25th September 2021MusingsDemocracy, Fairness, Politics, StandardsRupert

In 2014 the Labour Party voted to change the rules by which the leader of the party was elected; finally moving to a ‘one-member, one-vote’ system. Under that system, each person who

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29Apr/21

(Long Past) Time to Change the Rules

29th April 2021MusingsDemocracy, Politics, Society, StandardsRupert

This week in Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) highlighted yet again the sheer inappropriateness of the rules(?) governing political speech; and it strikes me that if there is any hope that a functioning

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