After promising to create ‘political earthquakes’, the smaller parties and independents barely troubled the Richter scale and did not do as well as many expected in the recent election.

With a hung parliament and the first Coalition government in post-war history, are we witnessing the start of a dramatic demise of the Conservative and Labour parties as we know them?

Those who claim Britain was not a three party state before this election, cannot possible make the same claim now.

A coalition between the Old and New factions of the Labour Party need not compromise the politics of either but could give rise to a new Labour party, with the hope and excitement of 1997 strengthened by the realism of today.

Robert Kennedy once pointed out, “everyone likes the word progressive but no one likes the word change.” So what is ‘progressive’ politics?

As Nick Griffin announces plans to hand over leadership of his far-right party to someone fresher and younger, is this the end for the BNP? Possible, but probably not.

(c) Sarah Evans
I had been chasing John McDonnell for an interview ever since he announced his candidacy. When I finally spoke with him, late last Thursday evening, he had just arrived at his constituency …

(c) Nick-Clegg
Nick Clegg yesterday asked for suggestions from us, the ordinary people, of laws and regulations to repeal. Well, to borrow and not give back an overused phrase, if I had a penny for every …

Although the boycott is a small incident – by Italian standards – it again raises the question of why, or how, does Berlusconi continue to maintain such a strong support in Italy

Whatever your feelings may be about the Conservative-Liberal government, one thing that can be celebrated is that voters delivered blows by the ballot box on the villains of this election.

The thing with discrimination and diversity is that we’ll only know we’ve succeeded when another Obama or his female equivalent come into a position of power and rather than go on about the fact that they are black or a woman, we instead focus upon the fact that they might also be quite good at their job.

The Liberal Democrats have achieved such a prestigious position in government that they are highly unlikely to give it up. But despite being a part of active governance, the Liberal Democrats risk their own credibility. Unless clear Liberal Democrat proposals result in consequent policies, any other such legislation will look like a Conservative , or Cameron blessed, policy.