Well, it didn’t take long for the ConDem coalition to disappoint me on constitutional reform. Barely 48 hours in and already we have two disgraceful proposals: 1) Fixed 5-year parliaments, and 2) Raising the No Confidence vote threshold. 1) A fix-up The first is an awful idea. When Britain needs more democracy, and more accountable [...]
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Moving the goalposts
Posted by Chris Nash on May 13, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/moving-the-goalposts/
Bugger
Suffice to say events did indeed move faster than I blog, and I shall of course not now be blogging on coalition scenarios. So I wake up this morning to a Tory-Lib Dem government, and to pictures of Dave outside No 10. The instinctive reaction to seeing him enter is for a voice inside to [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on May 13, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/bugger/
In Clegg we trust.
Didn’t vote Lib Dem. Didn’t vote at all. Was disenfranchised by a flipping volcano, though at least as a politically-minded geologist I appreciate the irony. If I had voted it would have been for Gisela Stuart MP (Labour) in Birmingham Edgbaston. As such, I don’t believe I have any authority to tell the Liberal Democrats [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on May 10, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/in-clegg-we-trust/
May 6th 2010, and all that
You’d think I could possibly, in a blog which mainly focusses on broad political issues, have found some time to pass comment on the 2010 UK general election campaign. Well, you’d be wrong. Actually, the vast amount of polling data and journalistic analysis from the broadsheets took up most of my frivolous political time. Granted [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on May 10, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/may-6th-2010-and-all-that/
I like ‘em tight…
The last two months have seen a dramatic narrowing of the polls and a massive contraction in the Tory lead over Labour. Most recently a poll put the two parties only two points appart. While for the last fortnight the gap has generally been hovering within the hung parliament territory at 5 points, I would not [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on March 6, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/i-like-em-tight/
#Mandy4Mayor
I’m by now means the first blogger to comment on this story. ToryBear among others certainly got there first, but as far as speculative Xmas presents go, this is quite a treat. Peter Mandelson considering a mayoral race against Boris in 2012. That some of the rumours come direct from the Livingstone camp is enough [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 21, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/mandy4mayor/
Polls, Money, & Bitches
The latest Ipsos MORI poll shows a drastic reverse in the narrowing of the Tories poll lead. In short: Con 43 (+6) Lab 26 (-5) LD 20 (+2) Other 11 (-3) There can be no hiding the strong probability that this reflects a general public disapproval of the Pre-Budget Report. My first thoughts on reading [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 20, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/polls-money-bitches/
It’s a “No” from Me…
Chilling news everyone… Seems Simon Cowell has his own ideas for how an election debate should be run. This is the man for whose television persona, the nicest thing that can be said is that at least it isn’t Piers Moron. The man who made music more commercially driven that even your wildest dreams could have imagined, [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 15, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/its-a-no-from-me/
Keep Calm and Carry On.
It appears that the mindless Tory blogosphere speculation about a slightly earlier general election has finally been picked up by the national media. See the BBC yesterday afternoon, and the Guardian last night. In this case it seems my old mate Boris has thrown his voice in with those of the spotty toryboys, following an interview [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 14, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/keep-calm-and-carry-on/
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