The initial exit polls have been published just as the polls closed. They show the Torys on somehting well over 300, Labour on 255 and the Lib Dems getting somewhere in the mid-60’s If the…
Posts tagged Election 2010
Live election coverage on the BBC
Starting at 22:00 British Summer Time the BBC is streaming their election coverage online. Additional live coverage on BBC Radio 4. BBC One – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/liveevent/ Radio 4 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
Finally, Polling day is here
Any general election day is something of a celebration of democracy: this one feels a little different, for only the second time in the last thirty years we may see a change of government. As…
Who am I putting an “X” next too?
Labour has had something of a deathbed conversion to a principal of Proportional Representation. An idea that the Lib Dems have held dear for many elections. This election has become more than who leads, but…
13 Years with a Labour majority
“What I’m interested in is the big poll on 6 May, when people really have to choose five more years of Gordon Brown – the uncertainty, the bickering, the haggling of a hung parliament –…
An interesting week in politics
It’s been an interesting week in the UK, Lib Dem Nick Clegg clearly won the first debate. For me this was because he used straightforward language and stayed away from the forced sloganeering that permeates…
“A Fairer Country” – Lib Dem Manifesto
Following on from the two big boys the Lib Dems published their manifesto yesterday. Somewhat ironically, the party that’s been the loudest critic of the big banks and their role in the economic downturn chose…
Nick Clegg and Paxman
The BBC has Paxmans full interview with Nick Clegg here. Paxman comes off as being his usual direct self, while Clegg took a little time to get in track, but did OK
“Big Society” – Conservative Manifesto
Once again there is a lot of effort talking about how tomorrow will be different from the last few years, but with no compelling vision for what the country will look like in 2015 if we were to believe.
“The Future Business” – Labour Manifesto
Labour published their manifesto today, Cameroon and the Conservatives tomorrow and the third of the major parties, the Lib-Dems release theirs on Wednesday. Brown said Labour has a plan for the future and their first…