The Independent Group will only succeed if PR is their central policy | Catherine Mayer

If they are serious about fixing ‘broken politics’, they should join us in backing a fairer voting system• Catherine Mayer is co-founder of the Women’s Equality partyOptimism isn’t just a state of mind. It’s a political choice – one we all need to take. The animating ideal of progressive politics and equality movements is the belief in the possibility of a better future. So I observe the new and swelling Independent Group of MPs with curiosity, sympathy a