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.

David Cameron has ‘appealed to people with “idealism and progressive ideals hardwired into their DNA” to vote Conservative’ (Guardian). What about Chris Grayling? What about the marriage tax break? What about gearing up the press to attack Nick Clegg? What about cutting school funding so the middle classes can set up free schools? What about [...]

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.