Articles in the Analysis Category
The Conservative attempt to claw back the ebbing gay vote was dealt another blow at the weekend by the Observer’s claim that Philippa Stroud, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Sutton and Cheam, had founded a church …
(c) celikins
Writing their semi-satirical 1969 hit about a former resident of Tucson, Arizona, Lennon and McCartney were hardly suggesting the most radical reorms to immigration policy in recent American history. Four decades later however …
As we enter the final straight of the election campaign, we are no surer of the result than at the start. But the campaign has thrown up is that Labour could end up with the most number of seats in Parliament after coming third in the share of the vote. The fact that we would use conventions to decide our Prime Minister in this event could lead to calls for a written constitution.
(c) Liberal Democrats
It is impossible not to get caught up in election fever when about two-thirds of each newspaper’s editorial is packed full of stories, interviews and comment about the prospect of a hung …
The labour movement must be separated from the Labour Party when discussing the futures for both. One is more important than ever, the other requires a radical overhaul before the two can merge again.
We need to show MPs how the rushed Digital Economy Act directly affects everyone, not just geeks.
There has been concern that the electorate will get carried away by appearance rather than quality of debate. Have the TV debates made this election a presidential election?
As a result of excluding Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish politicians from decisions that affect the UK it may well be the English who put the final nail into the coffin of the UK.
There are no credible reasons for maintaining a so-called nuclear ‘deterrent’, so why do we have Trident at all?
(c) Pingu1963
Yesterday saw the UK crawl it’s way further out of the economic mire, with a 0.2% rise in GDP, a disappointing figure to round off a quarter in which economists had hoped for a …
The next government cannot afford to delude itself that Britain can continue to be a nuclear and interventionist country.
What can we expect from tonight’s Leaders’ Debate? Who needs to win? Who can’t afford to lose? What tactics are likely to be in play?
