Some interesting links
Posted on | 13 May 2011 | No Comments
1. Constitutional and Political Reform: where does the Coalition go from here?
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg appeared before the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee this week and discussed all sorts of interesting issues: lessons learned from the AV referendum, recall legislation, Lords reform, etc. You can watch the Committee meeting here.
2. It’s my Party
Samara, a charitable organization that studies citizen engagement with Canadian democracy, produced a series of reports based on exit interviews with MPs who’d decided not to seek re-election in the 2 May 2011 election. Their third report, “It’s my Party: Political Dysfunction Reconsidered” is particularly interesting as it highlights the frustrations that former MPs felt about the way politics is practiced in Parliament, laying most of the blame squarely on political parties and how they operate both inside and outside of Parliament. I do plan to write an actual post about my thoughts on this report (at some point), but in the interim, you can access the PDF here, download an ePub version here, or the mobile version here.
3. Prisoners and voting
The issue of voting rights for prisoners is simmering on the backburner in the UK. The aforementioned Political and Constitution Reform Committee reviewed the matter earlier this year. The report is available in HTML and PDF formats.
4. Some Lords reforms can’t wait
The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee warns that incremental changes which would improve the functioning of the second chamber cannot wait for radical reform of the House of Lords. You can read their (very short) report here.
5. Lessons for Scotland?
The Scottish National Party won an outright majority in the Scottish Assembly last week, and leader Alex Salmond quickly promised a referendum on independence for Scotland. Françoise Boucek suggests he might study Quebec’s travels down to the road to independence.
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