Archive for glasgow north east

Labour Party under fire for breaking Code of Conduct on postal voting

The Electoral Commission's report into the November 2009 Parliamentary by-election in Glasgow North East has condemned the Labour Party for breaking the Code of Conduct on postal voting, saying the party repeatedly failed to process postal vote forms promptly.

Latest turnout news: bring on the curate’s egg

29 November 2009 , ,
A rather mixed tale from the latest election turnout figures I’ve been looking at. Given how I’ve previously blogged about how figures showing turnout on the up usually get overlooked or misquoted by the media, it is only fair to present the less good evidence too. First, Glasgow North East. Widely reported as having the lowest [...]

Daily View 2×2: 8 November 2009

It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. It’s time to find out how peanut butter is made. But first, the news. 2 Big Stories Gordon Brown floats idea of tax on financial transactions Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s idea of a financial transactions tax has received a lukewarm response from G20 countries. The proposal, which took delegates by surprise at the meeting in [...]