New Statesman logo New Statesman 1 month ago

It would be a missed opportunity not to have a referendum on election day

An interview with the Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw Ben Bradshaw's office at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, off Trafalgar Square in central London, is a vast and colourful room, and the Culture Secretary is in good spirits. Full Article at New Statesman

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  1. And so I can announce today that, in Labour's next manifesto, there will be a commitment for a referendum to be held early in the next parliament ... It will be for the people to decide whether they want to move to the alternative vote.
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  1. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 04: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw speaks before a photocall at the Science Museum on November 4, 2009 in London, England.
  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw attends the Closing Gala Afterparty for 'Nowhere Boy' during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at One Marylebone on October 29, 2009 in London, England.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting on October 27, 2009 in London, England.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 20: Ben Bradshaw, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, throws an apple in the air as he leaves Downing Street after the weekly Cabinet meeting on October 20, 2009 in London, England.
  5. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw (l) listens to a speech to the Labour Party Conference on September 29, 2009 in Brighton, England.
  6. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband (L), Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport Ben Bradshaw (C) and Business Secretary Peter Mandelson are pictured at the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, in Brighton, southern England, on September 28, 2009.
  7. LONDON - SEPTEMBER 24: Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (C) applauds with Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw and pop singer Leona Lewis as they listen to music sung by students at the British school of performing arts September 24, 2009 in Croydon, England.
  8. LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 16: Prime Minster Gordon Brown tours the Arqiva broadcast transmitter in Crystal Palace on June 16, 2009 in London, England. The visit coincides with the launch of the Government's final Digital Britain report published today.
  9. A refuse worker watches a digger at a rubbish tip in Barnet, London December 8, 2009. Braced to cut costs when Britain is facing the biggest government deficit in its history, a London council is trying the budget airline approach.

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