When in government, Labour pushed to extend the Parliamentary term to four years, to reduce accountability and our ability to vote out a bad government. And now, they're trying to do it through the member's ballot, with a Four-Year Parliamentary Term Legislation Bill.
The bill at least requires a referendum (the provisions for which make up almost all of the bill). But it says something about Labour's priorities that they're still pushing this bullshit, which no-one ever asked for and which has been voted down by huge majorities twice. And it also says something about their poor political instincts, that they're doing it when we have one of the least popular governments in living memory. By doing so, they invite the conclusion that they think this authoritarian, anti-environment shitshow should have had more time to do more damage. And they risk being tarred with its brush.
