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With the questions I have about the man it was inevitable that I was going to get Blair’s memoirs. It does make

Any general election day is something of a celebration of democracy: this one feels a little different, for only the second time

Labour has had something of a deathbed conversion to a principal of Proportional Representation. An idea that the Lib Dems have held

"What I'm interested in is the big poll on 6 May, when people really have to choose five more years of Gordon

Gordon Brown admitted he made some mistakes when he listened to banking lobbyists and loosened regulations on their clients. Like the banking

Labour published their manifesto today, Cameroon and the Conservatives tomorrow and the third of the major parties, the Lib-Dems release theirs on

May 7th could dawn with the same optimism we felt when New Labour swept aside the Tory old guard and promised us a new tomorrow.

Having spent most of the last month in London has been rather tough at times, however feeding my ongoing interest of British

If neither party have a majority in the House of Commons all of a sudden Nick Clegg and the Lib-Dems become both the major parties best friend. Heading into the election the Lib-Dems have 63 seats in parliament and won 22% of the vote in the 2005 election.

Arguably John Smiths biggest single contribution to making the Labour party relevant was getting rid of the trade union block votes and despite considerable trade union opposition establishing a policy of "one-member, one-vote".