Today the citizens of the USA go to the polls for the midterms. I’m following the story with a mild interest as given their position as a world power their politics does have an impact on the rest of us. The media in the UK are reporting them as a referendum on Obama’s first year [...]
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Digital Democracy
Our new Coalition Overlordstm have launched a new web-site to solicit feedback from the citizenry on what laws should be repealed/modified. This is a little more involved than the current option to sign e-Petitions at the number 10 website. The site supports commenting, tagging as well subscribing to feeds for each idea. I’m quite impressed [...]
Dunkirk, as it happens
It’s interesting to see how much of a shock the Dunkirk Evacuation was to British. Although the start of war was noted by Orwell he quickly moved back to documenting his small holding activities and egg production. However as the B.E.F. was beaten back to their eventual humiliation Orwell writes of growing talk about the [...]
Electoral Reform
I know I planned to stop writing about politics post election but as things aren’t quite decided yet I find I’m still thinking about it. One of the more common statements coming from people wishing to see Labour somehow continue in office is that 52% of the population voted to keep the Tories out. By [...]
Interesting times, part 2
I didn’t make it to the declaration of my local constituency which eventually declared sometime around 5 in the morning. As a result I’m basically functioning on tea infusions. I may have to whip up a super-caffeine latte in a bit. The results last night where all over the place. Some stonking swings to the [...]
Big Society vs Proportional Representation
This will be my last post on the subject of politics for some time. Tomorrow is election day and even though blogging is not yet subject to the oversight of Ofcom the convention of not campaigning on election day seems like a good one to follow. The campaign has taken a certain negative turn, a [...]
The story is around the world before the rebuttal gets it’s boots on
Sometimes I feel quite sorry for Gordon Brown. I have plenty of fundamental problems with his politics but sometimes he just can’t catch a break. Thankfully I’m rational enough not to base my vote on how lucky the candidates seem to be. Brown has joined a long line of politicians caught saying things in private [...]
Interesting Times
The election race in my constituency just got a lot more interesting. The suspension of the local Labour candidate offers up some interesting options for the voters. While the Tory incumbent has a fairly healthy majority he does benefit from a splitting of the opposition vote. Despite kicking the candidate out (who would never win [...]
Seconds out, round two
The knives are well and truly out for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats ahead of tonight’s debate. They can’t exactly complain now they have been propelled from third party to potential front-runners (modulo electoral effects). While the “scrutiny” offered by the British press is predictably smear-like I’m hoping it’s policies that will come under [...]
Post Match Analysis
Our polling cards arrived this morning. Now I know I can vote I’m still a little conflicted about who to vote for. Last night I tuned into ITV to see if I can clear up that confusion. The debate was certainly livelier than the chancellors debate. Part of that was down to the aggressiveness of [...]
