I was doing my usual perusal of Guido Fawke’s blog this morning. This is a blog I normally find interesting and informative but as the Alternative Vote (AV) referendum campaign continues it seems to be peddling more lies about AV and STV (the PR varient used in Ireland). To try and show AV as a confusing system he posted this picture to try and show how confusing it is. Now that picture above would be ok if it showed...
Image via Wikipedia People often wonder why I show interest in UK Politics. I find it really interesting and absorbing. The following letter from two fromer Ministers really sums up why I find it more interesting! Dear Colleague, As we move towards a General Election it remains the case that the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply divided over the question of the leadership. Many colleagues have expressed their frustration at the way in which this question is affecting our...
I am currently on holidays from work so bored at home today so was trawling the internet when I came across this website for the All Wales Convention. While not a great website at the moment there is a lot of potential there. Also the idea of extending the powers of the Welsh Assembly is being discussed a lot with the BBC reporting on a poll which shows 50% of Labour voters wanting more powers for the Assembly, which...
And also maybe bad news for the Treaty of Lisbon. ConservativeHome is reporting that Stuart Wheeler has gotten the Green Light for a judicial review on the UK Governments refusal to hold a Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. This will be an interesting case if it succeeds or fails. ConservativeHome have the background to the case here UPDATE: Thanks to a commenter on Conservativehome I have got confirmation from Stuarts Website 2 May 10:00 a.m. – I am delighted...
Welcome anyone coming over from the The Political Gay Blog on Gaycork! Well its been a dismal night for Labour. Labour have had the worst result since the 1960′s! They came third to the Lib Dems again! While on the other hand its been a fantastic night for the Conservatives! The share of the vote according to the BBC is Conservatives 44%, Liberal Democrats 25% and Labour 24%. For fun I put those into Electoral Calculus and I got...
Simon Heffer writing in today’s Telegraph has a very interesting article on Devolution and a solution to the West Lothian Question. I think it has merit, but as he says himself could cause the end of the union. His idea is that the 529 MP’s representing English Constituencies would form an English Parliament. This is an interesting idea, and I think it should be looked into. England is left behind with the devolution settlment and unless England is given...
Via Revolts.co.uk An interesting initiative from the House of Lords, in association with the Hansard Society, Lords of the Blog, is a multi-authored blog from nine members of the House of Lords, and which has the potential to be very useful. It is a very interesting blog with a member from the Labour benches, Conservative benches and Crossbenchers (the Convenor of all people!) as well as 6 other independent Lords. It is an interesting read to see what goes...
Wow, two days of blog posts, I’m back as a serious blogger!!! But anyway back to the title. Gordon Brown, has said ‘no’ to an election. Was that a good decision? Due to the comments of the ‘young turks’, Balls et al, saying Labour where on a election footing and that. This draw back from the brink could have long term damage for Brown and Labour in general as it did for O’Callaghan. The Tories will definitely gain from...
Okay this is a strange one. From a party thats normally very pro-Europe. The Lib Dems are now calling for a Referendum on British Membership of the EU! I know they wanted a referendum on the constitutional treaty, but not the current reform treaty so where does this come from? Ming had this to say “It is time to end the shadow boxing on Europe and to have an honest debate on the future of Europe.” Now for me,...
Well its official I am addicted to Political Sims, so I’m going to recommend two of them here. (They are the only two I play). The first is Politics UK which I blogged about before. This is an excellent game. Though I’ve only been playing not even a month, I’m now the Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Shadow Minister for Local Government and English Regions. This game is great fun, you get to write PR’s, policy...
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