Will Brett

Will Brett is a consultant specialising in community-led national policy campaigns. He has been, among other things, Director of Communications at the New Economics Foundation and Head of Campaigns at the Electoral Reform Society.

The great yearning – how can we build a more connected politics?

Disconnection is the modern malaise. We need a manifesto to reconnect us to politics, state, and economy.

By Will Brett

/ 29 Aug 2019

The great yearning – how can we build a more connected politics?

It’s time to think about how we do referendums in the UK

Referendums are now a thing in Britain. So we need to get better at them.

By Will Brett

/ 1 Sep 2016

When money in politics is a good thing

Under first past the post some votes are clearly worth much more than others. Our political parties know this - that's why they spend up to 22 times as much money chasing some votes as others. If democracy requires all votes be equal, why do we tolerate this?

By Will Brett

/ 22 Aug 2013