Category Archives: UK Elections

Brown and Davis

Gordon Brown recently wrote to David Davis to say this:
Dear David
As you know, Prime Ministers are available once a week at Question Time to debate all the issues of the day, and I was disappointed that you chose to step down as a Member of Parliament in advance of Question Time on Wednesday, 11 June [...]

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Brown an Asset?

Dunwoody cannot confirm that the prime minister is an asset. This is despite her being explicitly asked three times, and then having it explained to her that it was surprising that she could not say he was an asset.

Via the Crown

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Fêtes du jour

In France, every day is dedicated to a Saint. Not only does a child have a birthday, they celebrate a ‘Saints day’. Until recently, the name had to come from this calendar. This is why we have lots of ‘François’ and ‘Pascale’ and very few ‘Kylie’s.
Anyhow, today, the day of the London Mayoral Election: Vendredi [...]

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Labour got a bloody nose…

Ha!
Labour’s got a hammering in the local elections. I’m pleased. Why? Not because of the 10p tax rate, or because of the continual tinkering Labour has done to our constitution without a clear plan. Not because of the imbalance they’ve created in our constitutional settlement by giving each part of the UK a degree of [...]

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Chicken Yoghurt and Backing Blair

Chicken Yoghurt reminds us of the ‘Backing Blair‘ campaign, and lists all the reasons why people should vote against Labour in the upcoming local elections.
To my mind, a lot of these problems are not purely to do with Tony - they’d outlive him, but it’s a good start.
Of these, the most worrying to me is [...]

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