Read about the controversial Conservative politician, Grant Shapps. He was elected Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield in 2005.
The optimistic Liberal Democrat may be wondering now if the party might go into 2020 with rather more than 8 MPs. The pessimistic Liberal Democrat will remember how the party fared the last time there was a hung Parliament… … Read the full post »
What happened when Conservative MP Grant Shapps tried to get Jeremy Browne to defect from the Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
As then Labour MP Phil Woolas discovered*, it’s against the law to lie about candidates (Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 106). … Read the full post »
Being the person who originally spotted the Grant Shapps astroturfing incident back in 2007, I of course in no way find this amusing at all. … Read the full post »
The Conservatives will unveil Votesource, a replacement for the troubled Merlin voter contact database which CCHQ has developed in-house. … Read the full post »
“There are a string of things we [the Conservatives] want to do and can’t do because we are in coalition.” – Grant Shapps … Read the full post »
Talking of the idea that Conservative Party Chairman (and bad interviewee) Grant Shapps will offer the Liberal Democrats party funding reform… … Read the full post »
1. Running away from Michael Crick rarely works. 2. Running away from Michael Crick whilst he has a camera crew in tow even more rarely works. … Read the full post »
Central government decisions can have a huge impact on local government, so the idea of local government wanting to influence central government is perfectly acceptable. … Read the full post »
A quick update on my post about Brighton Green councillor Jason Kitcat, who is facing disciplinary action over putting footage of a local council meeting up on YouTube. … Read the full post »