Tag Archives: Labour
The gloves are off: Labour’s communist new media policy
Shadow Culture Secretary Ivan Lewis will today propose a policy that demands journalists to be part of a register. If you are kicked off this register and blacklisted, you will … Continue reading
Is the country really centre-left now?
Last night I tweeted (probably a number of times) about how fed up I was of the AV debate. It’s got to that point where, like in last year’s election, … Continue reading
Ed Balls: first impressions
It is unfortunate that the first thing I need to comment on is a video featured on my local Hammersmith and Fulham Conservatives website. The video embedded above is one … Continue reading
Election Results, Kinnock (Non)-Comparisons & Early Analysis Roundup
The inner-statistician amongst politicos comes out around election time. Swings in particular are favourites that the twitterosphere is always quick to work out and jump on. Which is why I’ve … Continue reading
It is the parties that left their voters, not the voters that left their parties.
In a statistic I saw quoted in The Spectator’s lead feature today, “The death of the Lib Dems,” it reminded me that last year Labour and the Conservatives only managed … Continue reading
Bellwether Constituencies
There’s a lot of campaigning in Bristol North-West today, which as far back as 1959, has elected the candidate of the winning party each election. Unfortunately in 1955, it voted … Continue reading
The Future of Four Party Politics
A few of my left-leaning friends saw it their opportunity to gloat yesterday, not only did their preferred party win the debates, but polls (at least immediately) are showing the … Continue reading
Ask the Chancellors: A Review
I’ve just gotten round to watching the Chancellors’ Debate from Channel 4 last night. The first thing I liked about this potentially boring debate (for economics are hardly the most … Continue reading
