Bob Smytherman

Nick Clegg has had a great few weeks taking a strong stand on cleaning up Parliament and leading the call for a complete overhaul of our political system.

Last week at Prime Minister’s Question Time he challenged Gordon Brown to reform our electoral systems. Now even Brown’s own ministers are echoing Nick’s call.

 I hope that you have been able to see the lead article in today’s Guardian which sets out a 100-day plan to reform government.

Tonight we will be screening a brand new Party Election Broadcast recorded this week in which Nick deals with these issues - you can watch it online now.

He will be making the case to:Give people the right to sack MPs Stop all big party political donations Elect the House of Lords Make the voting system fair - so that governments can’t just get all that power and all that money with only a minority of you voting for them Put an end to self serving politics and put you back in chargeBut Nick can’t do it all on his own.

 He needs our help.

We need to demonstrate that at long last there is a groundswell for real reform of our broken system.

If you want to see British politics changed in this way then you can visit our new campaign site www.TakeBackPower.org and sign Nick’s petition.But don’t stop there. I’m sure we all know friends and family who have been appalled by the recent expenses scandal. Why not show them we are different?

Email the www.TakeBackPower.org web address on to five other people and help Nick change politics for good.

Best wishes,

Danny Alexander MP
Chief of Staff to Nick Clegg

P.S. One of the best ways to get our message out there is to write a letter to your local paper. There is an example letter on the campaign site and further help on our letter-writing website, letters.libdems.org.uk