As multiparty politics clashes with a first past the post voting system, what can a 50-year-old report on electoral reform teach us?

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Spurn Point welcomes its annual migration festival in September: a highlight of the Yorkshire birding calendar

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Police duty is to preserve public safety if there is a risk of real-world violence or harm: they must act now to protect Iranian dissidents

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People Before Profit is accountability in action – a new evidence-backed initiative that invites you to participate

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Sir Keir Starmer should drop the pretence that the UK-Europe relationship is only about trade and economics: it’s much deeper than that

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A resounding performance of Haydn’s musical masterpiece in a spectacular setting, provides space to contemplate of our human condition

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The UK’s most significant Iron Age discovery, now saved for the nation, goes on display at the Yorkshire Museum

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Rural public transport cuts fail communities and visitors, push people into cars, and highlight our disjointed sustainability policies

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US taxpayers are struggling to cope with a severe cost of living crisis, all the while being systematically fleeced by their leader

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Yorkshire is run and funded through a mess of overlapping structures. Why not bring in a single, regional authority and make things simpler?

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When the history of Brexit is written, the Lib Dems’ decision to let Johnson hold this election will be seen as a key strategic error.

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We can kick Johnson out. So brave the elements and vote for the candidates with the best chance of beating the Tories.

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Relying on the WTO for our trade was always a terrible idea. Now that the US president has ripped a hole in it, it’s economic suicide.

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Good news from YouGov poll is Tory lead is shrinking. Bad news is they are still ahead because too many pro-European votes are being wasted.

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A Tory victory means more chaos. The only way to end the arguments over Brexit and fix our real problems is to vote them out.

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Johnson yesterday hinted he would axe the licence fee. This had two purposes: cover up his NHS blunder and pummel the BBC into submission.

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PM rips off Love Actually in his video but misses out the punch line: “Just because it’s Christmas and at Christmas you tell the truth.”

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Right-wing press has branded Corbyn unelectable. They are right - he is. Not for the reasons they suggest, but because of simple maths.

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To cover up Johnson’s NHS disaster, Tories fabricate story about Labour activist punching Hancock aide.

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Not only is Johnson lying about surrendering to the EU demand for an internal UK border, he isn’t ready to deliver a deal by December 2020.

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