What is an Open Primary?

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The Open Up campaign wants an honest, effective and modern democracy. We want a government of the best possible people, who truly represent us.

That's why we want the people, not the politicians, to select who stands for election. That's why we want Open Primaries in every constituency, where the people select their own candidates, and where anyone can put themselves forward to be a candidate. That's why we want all current MPs to agree to stand for re-selection in an Open Primary. We want this before the next General Election. And this is what Open Up is calling on every political party to do.

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[dblissmn]

It's a wonderful idea, but it's incomplete. Let's say everyone's chosen through primaries, and then chooses between the winning nominees at the General Election.

Then they get to Westminster.

And the whips get to work on the new MPs. And unless you weaken the whips and get rid of three-line whips altogether, they still end up being coerced to do the party's bidding.

Reform the whipping process as well as adding primaries.