Peter Emerson

Open Britain Team is promoting a petition for PR-STV. (But no mention of the Quota Borda System QBS. While FPTP prohibits, and PR-STV allows, QBS actually encourages voters to cast their preferences, to vote across the gender gap, the party divide, and even the sectarian chasm.

Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/peti… And ask ERS to also critique binary decision-making.

A Borda border poll. Sat Aug 3rd, 11 am: a role-play in electronic multi-option decision-making: folks propose options, and then cast their preferences on these options on their mobile phones. A few nano-seconds later, they will see the results. More on deborda.org

Politics is adversarial. It need not be so. Indeed, it should not be... (read on). theecologist.org/2024/may/29/al…

'Politics, its Science, and the Prevention of Wars' asianinstituteofresearch.org/_files/ugd/ed8… Majority voting is exclusive... and primitive! In PLURAL democracies, controversies are multi-optional; so voting should be preferential... and inclusive!

"Consensus and Climate Change" has just been published in the journal OJPS, which is based in China, in Wuhan: deborda.org/home/2023/5/1/… All set for COP28... perhaps.

Given the king's cares for the environment, will be restrict the guest list for his coronation to those who can attend without flying?

Interested to learn about multiple ways of #voting in a #democratic system and #electoral reforms for #parliaments and? Read The Punters' Guide to Democracy (ow.ly/cjaw50MS4Va) by Peter Emerson @GreenPartyNI @PeterEmersondeB @theEPCS

Israel. Is today's extreme right-wing 'majority' democratic? Was the 2017 DUP/Tory govt. democratic? Or the 2010 govt. in the Netherlands with the Freedom Party? Or the Austrian one with theirs in 1999? Would all-party coalitions be better, if only for Covid and Climate Change?

Nigeria, elections. 75% didn't vote for Obi, 71% not for Abubakar, 63% not for Tinubu. So Tinubu wins? Majority rule? It's time for preferential voting and power-sharing!

Ukraine: the causes and lessons of war. deborda.org/home/2023/2/2/…

Is it wise to use such an adversarial and unAfrican electoral system in Nigeria? Why not the original US system: the winner becomes the President; the runner-up is the Vice?

Presentation of The Punter’s Guide to Democracy at Áras an Uachtaráin politicalreform.ie/2023/02/20/pre…

Brexit was binary. If, however... deborda.org/home/2023/2/13…

I was honoured to present my book, The Punters' Guide to Democracy, to @PresidentIRL Michael D Higgins this afternoon. @springerpub link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Second book presentation at Áras!

Settlements on West Bank, de-forestation in Amazon, oil drilling in Alaska? In a democracy, nothing should happen if no consensus. Every party/faction may propose an option, debate all, and in 4-6 option ballots, all cast preferences to see which option has the highest average!

Israel's majority of extremists coalition. Is democratic? Bolsonaro, Trump both ruled a majority; was either democratic? Covid, Climate Change advocate real majority rule: all-party coalitions, consensus decisions only: options which get the highest average preference scores.