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In other news… electoral reform, bribery, sexy IT and paperwork problems
Will Straw has rightly taken the Conservative Party’s Baroness Warsi to task for not only trying to whip up fake scares about AV benefiting the BNP (who are actually against AV) but also for claiming that AV may make politicians try to appeal to the supporters of extremist parties when in fact her very own [...]
Do you remember how Labour’s London campaign collapsed into chaos and confusion in 1998?
No, I don’t either. Which leaves me puzzled. Because, you see, Labour MP and campaign coordinator Andy Burham has said that his party would not be working much for a Yes vote in the AV referendum as, It would be a recipe for chaos and confusion if Labour candidates were also supporting AV in their [...]
Lessons from the disappearing phone boxes for the internet and politics
A new report about the internet and the 2010 general election (not headlined some variant on “was it an internet election?” thank goodness) has just been published by the Hansard Society. It contains some excellent contributions from across the political spectrum and, er…, one by myself. Will Straw from Left Foot Forward has blogged about [...]
Tax policies aren’t just about who gets what money
During the week I did this guest post for Left Foot Forward: You judge a set of tax proposals by who gets what money. It sounds obvious, doesn’t it? Who could possibly object to that? Well, for a start – me. The reason is highlighted by Will Straw’s analysis of the key policy goals laid down [...]
Lord Ashcroft, Will Straw's parentage, my job title and the general election
That and more came up for discussion when Iain Dale, Will Straw and myself appeared on 5 Live’s Richard Bacon show on Monday afternoon. You can still listen again (until precisely 4:02pm on Monday 8 March) via the iPlayer. We’re on 1 hours 25 minutes in to the show.
