There will be no general election in 2014
Some opposition leaders have the natural gift of looking Prime Ministerial even if they have never previously held the lowliest of ministerial ranks for the briefest sliver of time. … Read the full post »
Fixed-term Parliaments
Read my posts about the virtues and introduction of fixed-term Parliaments in the UK.
Liberal Democrat Newswire #15: did you miss out on what got the media’s attention last week?
Exclusive analysis in Liberal Democrat Newswire #15 of YouGov polling data shows what has happened to the May 2010 Liberal Democrat voters. … Read the full post »
A letter to The Independent, unpublished
Dear Sir, Amol Rajan writes that the public wouldn’t forgive David Cameron calling a snap election. More to the point, the law no longer allows him to call a snap general election. Parliament passed the Fixed-term Parliaments Act in 2011. Yours etc.
Fixed-term Parliaments: Why David Cameron won’t be calling a snap general election
There used to be an odd omission in the generally accepted electoral ethics of British politics. Let the Prime Minister unilaterally pick who can vote in an election? Absurd. But… … Read the full post »
Ten most read posts on this blog in 2011
If you have been a reader in 2011, thank you and I hope you continue to find interesting copy during this year. … Read the full post »
INFOGRAPHIC: The rebellious Liberal Democrat MPs
I’ve been taking a look at the details of how Liberal Democrat MPs have been behaving in the House of Commons. … Read the full post »
How can a general election happen?
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act of 2011 is now in force and the sorts of calculations that were relevant during previous political excitements are no longer relevant. A Prime Minister can no longer simply call an early general election because they want to. … Read the full post »
House of Lords waters down fixed-term Parliaments legislation
In a vote this week the House of Lords decided to make it significantly easier for future Parliaments to change the rules for fixed term Parliaments. … Read the full post »
Seven reasons the Coalition looks set to last
Following the formation of the Conservative / Liberal Democrat Coalition Government last spring, there was much immediate speculation about whether or not the Coalition would really last its intended full five years. … Read the full post »
Weekend voting: not ruled in, not ruled out
As part of Parliament’s deliberations over the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill, this week the House of Lords debated the possibility of moving to weekend voting. … Read the full post »