Award-winning Labour donor now backs the Lib Dems
The author Robert Harris so despairs at Labour, the party to which he once donated wads of his hard-earned writing cash, that he now supports the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Read about the referendum on whether Britain should remain in, or leave, the European Union (EU), held on 23 June 2016 and organised by the Electoral Commission. The result was a vote to leave by 53%-48%.
The author Robert Harris so despairs at Labour, the party to which he once donated wads of his hard-earned writing cash, that he now supports the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Both detailed ward-by-ward and constituency level results for the June 2016 European referendum are now available, using a mix of actual data and careful modelling to fill in the gaps. … Read the full post »
Here’s Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron setting out the party’s position on holding a referendum on the outcome of the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. … Read the full post »
Left-wing commentator Owen Jones’s latest interview subject is former Liberal Democrat leader and current MP Nick Clegg. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission has fined Mr Laurence Taylor £4,000 for failing to include the proper identification details (called ‘an imprint’) on a newspaper advertisement. … Read the full post »
First it was Article 50 which got all the attention. Then Article 50(3) started getting noticed. Now it’s Article 127 muscling into the limelight as it could force the Government to have a vote in Parliament on whether Britain should go for the “Norway option”. … Read the full post »
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is considering whether to prosecute Brexit campaigners for statements made during the European referendum campaign. … Read the full post »
Often the most challenging election campaigns are ones where you and your supporters find the appeal of the opposition’s candidate or the force of their arguments so outrageously risible that they fall back into anger and derision rather than understanding how to counter their appeal. … Read the full post »
Roger Gabb and Sue Inkin have been fined £1,000 each for illegal newspaper advertisements during the 2016 European referendum promoting a Leave vote. … Read the full post »
It’s neatly summed up by the quote from Robert Reich which Ed Maxfield and I used to head up Chapter 4 of the newly updated and expanded 101 Ways To Win An Election. … Read the full post »