Douglas Carswell MP argued for Open Primary selections for PPCs and sitting MPs.  His Bill had its first reading in Parliament this week.

John Moss, PPC for Hackney in 2005, argued for:

Cut through the log-jam of Lords reform – Elected Senators and appointed Advocates

15 year single terms for 325 Senators, one from each Local Authority area.

A peerage on retirement and no return to politics in either UK or Scottish parliament. Senators get to vote on legislation.

Advocates appointed by parties in the Commons, but they don’t get to vote, just make the case – or oppose it.

Enacted 2011-12 – elections 2012 – in place for third year of first term.

Oliver Rowlinson, 17 years old and a member of the UK Youth Parliament, argued for a referendum on Europe - In or Out - as no one under the age of 52 years had ever had a vote on ever increasing federalism.

John Strafford, chairman of Conservative Campaign for Democracy and vice chairman of CAER, argued:

No political Party should be registered with the Electoral Commission unless it has a democratic constitution which can be changed by a majority of its members on the basis of one member one vote