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Take Back Parliament (TBP) was an organisation campaigning for democratic reform in the United Kingdom. ==Formation== Take Back Parliament was formed immediately prior to the 2010 general election, with funding from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, the largest single donor to the Liberal Democrats. It was run as the last project of Power 2010, a campaign group which grew out of the Power Inquiry report on British democracy. It was launched in expectation that a hung parliament would open up political space for movement on electoral reform in the UK. Andrew Adonis documents the impact of the group in his book "5 Days in May", designed in his view to give the impression of 'spontaneous' protest. Adonis describes the project as Labour led. The founders of Take Back Parliament said that it was a cross party group of activists, with the first meeting to form the campaign hosted by Power2010 and operational execution undertaken by staff of Power2010, with support from Unlock Democracy. Some limited support and advice was given by Compass and Labour Students. TBP presented itself as a coalition of groups campaigning for electoral reform, including the Electoral Reform Society, Friends of the Earth, the National Union of Students, and many others. The first action of Take Back Parliament was a demonstration in Trafalgar Square on May 8, 2010, two days after the general election, attended by 2,000 people,〔http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/news/4723/〕 which ended up in Smith Square, where the Liberal Democrat party was discussing whether to join the Conservative Party in a coalition government.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8670060.stm〕 This was followed by other actions around the country, including a flashmob in London on May 10 to pressure the Liberal Democrats to only accept a coalition deal if included a commitment to proportional representation.〔http://takebackparliament.org/sites/takebackparliament/index.php/blog/Make-or-break/〕 It called a second national demonstration outside Parliament on May 28, 2010, which it claimed had an attendance of 2,500 people. This ended up outside Downing Street.〔http://takebackparliament.org/sites/takebackparliament/index.php/blog/were-going-to-number-10/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Take Back Parliament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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