Not quite an earthquake in the UK local elections
One of the things in the UK Local Elections that interests me the most is why on earth they don’t all take place at the same time, like constituencies in General Elections, or regions in the European...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Elections 2014 – the Conservative Party manifesto
So far in my series about the 2014 European Parliament Elections, I have covered why they matter, voter turnout, the different parties and alliances and the manifestos of UKIP and the Liberal...
View ArticleIt’s time to drop ‘Conservative-led Government’
If you watch PMQs, TV news or take notice of some other form of media, you’ll probably have heard the term ‘Conservative-led Government’. It is the latest thing being used by Labour to help destabilise...
View ArticleHE fee increases and funding cuts – the Hull perspective
Photo taken by David Morris (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) Yesterday, Hull University Union organised an event outside it’s building on the Hull campus of the University of Hull. This was...
View ArticleNegative political TV ads/videos – are they necessary?
Photo taken by gorfor (Flickr) (CC-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) Over the years, the public has had the ‘pleasure’ of watching various negative political broadcasts on the TV. More recently,...
View Article38 Degrees of communication (feat. Dominic Raab MP)
(Photo by Miki Yamanouchi - see Flickr) Dominic Raab is a Conservative MP and was elected to the House of Commons on May 6th, 2010. He is a representative for the constituency of Esher & Walton....
View ArticleThe political future for Haltemprice & Howden
The constituency of Haltemprice & Howden has had an unusual recent history. In the upcoming general election, there could be another twist – but not necessarily one that means a change of MP. It...
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