It’s Not Your Primary — It’s the People’s - Royal Examiner

It’s Not Your Primary — It’s the People’s - Royal Examiner

To John Massoud, So now democracy only counts if you get to pick who participates? Helmer’s Law didn’t "undermine democracy." It ended your ability to hide candidate selection behind closed doors, gated firehouse primaries, and last-minute rule changes designed to shut out the very people elections are meant to serve: the public. Firehouse primaries disenfranchise

If you want to stop Reform UK AND get a good MP (and they DO exist!), a people's primary is the way to go

These boards were seen all over the constituency in the 2024 election, won by the People’s champion, Caroline Voaden, LibDem George Monbiot’s article in The Guardian (27 May 2025) will resonate with many on the progressive side of politics, and especially with those who are involved in street campaigns to counter the alarming rise of the far-right. When we talk to people on the streets of south Devon’s towns, we consistently pick up a growing se…