Perhaps it’s because I’m a political-geek, and that I spend much of my free time reading up on the latest political developments, or even writing about my take on things. Or maybe there is an element of truth to my impression that the political debate that is going on around the Scottish elections is really [...]
Readers of my various posts over the course of the recent general election will have realised that I’m a proponent of electoral reform in this country. Therefore, I’m very pleased to see the campaign launched by The Independent has attracted some serious attention See the makemyvoutecount.org.uk website too The most senior politician of all, Tony Blair, [...]
Michael Martin has been re-elected the speaker of the house of commons. Whilst I’m sure from his record that Mr Martin is an excellent choice for this role, I feel that his Glasgow North East constituents (and those of other speakers before him) are terribly let down by this process. The reason is that the main [...]
Over the last few days I’ve been thinking through the repurcussions of the election result… Northern Ireland; Blairs tenure; Blunkett returns; Browns involvement; The European Question; the “Opposition”… All this and more, you lucky, lucky people…
Interim results from the General Election are available for download from the Electoral Commission and there are some interesting results, seemingly including the Veritas candidate (Kenneth Haigh) in the City of Chester receiving zero votes. Whoops! It’s a superb resource, and will no doubt provoke some interesting home grown analysis. Via Madmusingsof.me.uk
Well, it’s all over. No huge surprise in the actual result. A Labour majority of 66, exactly what the BBC forecast in their exit poll. Was that a first? It’ll certainly mean politicians next time will be less able to avoid theorising about the forthcoming result! I stayed up to the glorious time of 5am (and [...]
Roger Darlington makes excellent points as to why it’s important to vote tomorrow. I’m certainly somewhat cynical in this safe Labour seat that my vote will make much difference but I will remain optimistic that enough others share my opinion. As Roger points out, it’s a civic duty to be involved in the process by [...]
So far, I’ve had a grand total of one election leaflet through my letter box (an SNP one at that put out by the local councillor). Whilst the close I’m in has a temperamental entry system, I’m feeling rather left out regarding the electioneering that may not - for all I know - actually be [...]
I fear that apathy is likely to be the big winner in the forthcoming election. I say this not having gone through my own detailed analysis of the voting intentions of the population, but from my own growing unease at the way the political debate in this country is proceeding. I’m a political junkie. I put [...]
I saw the first election flyer of the campaign up here in Glasgow last night. It wasn’t actually for the constituency in which I reside, but it got me thinking about what I’ll be asking candidates when (if) they knock on my door. Regrettably, candidates are often very busy, so it’s local political foot soldiers who [...]
