1987 – the forgotten election
1987 used to be a pivotal election, frequently referenced. Yet despite its relevance for 2015, it’s been forgotten. … Read the full post »
FWS Craig
FWS Craig (1929-1989) was one of the most important collector and documenter of British electoral statistics, producing many of the standard reference works.
Craig was also both an election agent, candidate, district councillor and county councillor.
The curiously forgotten: Eugene Burdick, FWS Craig and Anthony Price
Other than all featuring in multiple places on my bookshelves at home, what brings the three of them together? … Read the full post »
Political scorecard August 2016: Greens and Ukip lose votes and struggle to find candidates
Welcome to my experimental new political scorecard, capturing how each party is performing in opinion polls and council by-elections. … Read the full post »
The ’44 Vintage by Anthony Price
Continuing Anthony Price’s pattern of rotating around the character through whose eyes the story is told, this time it’s back to Jack Butler. … Read the full post »
British Electoral Facts 1832-2012: new edition by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher
One of FWS Craig’s most used publications was British Electoral Facts, which went through five editions. It was revived in 2000 by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, who have now with Dawn Cole compiled a post-2010 election eighth edition. … Read the full post »
British Electoral Facts – an essential reference work
For decades, FWS Craig was the doyen of British electoral statistics. His reference works were widely used and often contained facts and figures that he had created from original sources. Yet today he is almost completely unknown. … Read the full post »
What can you trust on Wikipedia?
Wikipedia’s dominance of search results (and the increasing degree to which people equate research to putting something into Google) means it often takes some effort to… … Read the full post »
Book industry learns from where the music industry got it wrong
The way has been cleared for millions of out-of-print books to appear on the internet with the news that Google has come to a $125 million settlement in two copyright lawsuits. … Read the full post »