{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Politics.co.uk","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk","author_name":"Beccy Cooper and Tim Roca","author_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/author\/beccycooperandtimroca\/","title":"Labour must not bind Britain's fate to the failing electoral system - Politics.co.uk","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Aa7sZuMZ19\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/mp-comment\/2026\/03\/02\/labour-must-not-bind-our-fate-to-the-failing-electoral-system\/\">Labour must not bind Britain&#8217;s fate to the failing electoral system<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/mp-comment\/2026\/03\/02\/labour-must-not-bind-our-fate-to-the-failing-electoral-system\/embed\/#?secret=Aa7sZuMZ19\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Labour must not bind Britain&#8217;s fate to the failing electoral system&#8221; &#8212; Politics.co.uk\" data-secret=\"Aa7sZuMZ19\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iStock-604333008.jpg","thumbnail_width":1260,"thumbnail_height":840,"description":"It\u2019s fair to say that British democracy is in ill health. Labour has inherited rock bottom public trust in politics and a state wracked by austerity. We are working to show that government can deliver again, and this Labour government has rightly set to the task of addressing the myriad problems left us by fourteen... Read more &raquo;"}