Read about the controversial Conservative politician, Grant Shapps.
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 »