They certainly didn’t win the election; even if they had most votes and seats, they didn’t make a majority in the Commons. Now, we retain a majoritarian system, so a small shift in vote should produce something more impressive in terms of seats. Labour have been in government for thirteen years, we’ve had two unpopular [...]

Remember the Tatler Ten? No? Let me refresh your memory. Tatler profiled ten up and coming young Tories, pictured at the Evening Standard. They were high-flyers set for rapid promotion to the Cabinet. Let’s see how they did in their various elections. Shaun Bailey (Hammersmith) lost Mark Clarke (Tooting) lost Joanne Cash (Westminster North) lost [...]

…and I’ll cry if I want to.

Even though not too long ago I could just see, if I squinted and looked at the polls in the right way, a possibility for Labour to win a majority. Even I have now stopped clutching at straws and mixing my metaphors, and it seems at least possible that Labour will be in a coalition [...]

Recall elections are a bad idea. They would lead to homogenised, bland, UHT-milk MPs who are unwilling or unable to take on controversial or unpopular issues. So far as I could tell, the three party leaders have come out in favour of recall elections to remove ‘corrupt’ MPs. The mechanism, as I understand it, would [...]

It’s lunchtime and I couldn’t resist myself… TwitPic link TwitPic link TwitPic link TwitPic link TwitPic link TwitPic link TwitPic link I dislike political billboards. You cannot distil a programme for governing a country of sixty-one millions for five years into a slogan and to attempt to do so cheapens the whole process. I am [...]

I’m half tempted to set this as a banner at the top of my blog for the duration of the election. On that note, Tom Harris has an updated version of Kinnock’s ‘I warn you not to be ordinary’ speech. xD.

The starting pistol is about to fire; as I type, the Queen is landing at Buckingham Palace in a helicopter. Manifestos are doubtless ready to be sent out, but the upcoming election will likely have a major effect on what is traditionally a matter of conscience on which the parties don’t take a position: abortion. [...]