How MPs in safe seats pile up outside earnings
I’ve commented before on the huge number of seats that are safe for life (murdering your local party chair or buying a duck house excepted). … Read the full post »
Read about the referendum on introducing the Alternative Vote (AV) for elections to the House of Commons held on 5 May 2011.
I’ve commented before on the huge number of seats that are safe for life (murdering your local party chair or buying a duck house excepted). … Read the full post »
Three-quarters (75%) of the Liberal Democrat manifesto is being turned into government policy, compared to noticeably less (60%) of the Conservative manifesto. … Read the full post »
Eddie Izzard and Yes to Fairer Votes supporters from across the country explain why you should vote Yes for the Alternative Vote on May 5th. It’s our one chance to change politics for the better. … Read the full post »
Yesterday evening I did a mini-tour of the BBC studios, for both The Westminster Hour (listen again here) and to debate AV with Shane Greer over on the News Channel. … Read the full post »
Historian and TV presenter Dan Snow gives some much needed historical background to the AV debate. … Read the full post »
Clearly tis the season to do elections by AV because in addition to a new member of the Lords being elected by the alternative vote… … Read the full post »
Jon Ashworth, Labour candidate for the Leicester South by-election is not exactly trying hard to back his ex-boss’s attempts to win over the Labour Party to AV. … Read the full post »
No need to wait until the referendum. No need even for there to be a Yes vote in the AV referendum. For this week sees the start of voting for a new Parliamentarian, elected by the alternative vote. … Read the full post »
I’ve mixed feelings about celebrities endorsing a campaign one way or the other. … Read the full post »
It’s not quite Jeremy Paxman vs Michael Howard, but there’s a definite echo of it with Adam Boulton’s repeated questioning and Baroness Warsi’s unwillingness to answer. … Read the full post »