The Man who smote Miliband Who says strategy is not paramount? Cameron’s Conservatives had their course set for them by strategist Crosby, and it carried them to a victory that has surprised pollsters, decapitated three opposition parties, and divided the UK into Tory England and Scottish nationalists’ Scotland: While strategists
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CuriosityCat: UK ELECTION: LORDS TO BE PUNTED?
Lords punter Lord Steel They will, if this Lord has his way: Steel does not rule out cooperation with a minority Labour government in a constitutional convention or commission to secure specific reforms. Those reforms would include home rule for Scotland within the UK; an English grand committee for the
Continue readingCuriosityCat: UK ELECTION IN PICTURES
Courtesy nod to The Telegraph, whose raw photos I have adapted slightly to give my view of the essence of the election just half an hour before voting starts. Now, GOTV.
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Four Unusual Men & The UK Election
The Mayor waits patiently … The political fate of four men might be determined by this week’s UK general election. Two of the men have fluffed their campaigning in parts, while one man has a chance to rise, Lazarus-like, and change the rules of future elections; the fourth man is
Continue readingCuriosityCat: UK Election: Labour leader’s nonsense about no cooperation with SNP
Sturgeon’s view of Miliband’s anti-cooperation nonsense Next week Britons go to the polls, and Labour leader Miliband has once more put his foot in his mouth with a statement that he is not interested in any post-election coalition or cooperation with the surging Scottish SNP party. Labour will be blown
Continue readingCuriosityCat: UK 2015 election: Down to the wire
Talk about a nail biter! And welcome to the new land of coalition / cooperative governments ….
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Why the UK needs proportional representation
The Damsel is in distress The Telegraph has this introduction to the article on safe seats: Has your constituency already been won in the 2015 general election? Find out here. Does your vote really count? New research shows that more than half of MPs are in safe seats. Find your
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