Politics from a 'Marginal Constituency’
I meant to write this post last week and then again at the weekend. I hoped that I would have been inspired by the Labour Leadership election campaign enough to … Continue reading Lack of Inspiration in Leadership election is worrying me…
With just four days to go and most of us thinking about our normal Bank Holiday routines rather than the election it did seem it was another of those non-days … Continue reading 4 Days and Counting…
There is another week of this election to go. I am not sure how that makes you feel but I did get the impression from the Tory announcement today that … Continue reading Thinking of Exit Polls Already
As party affiliation or identification has weakened over recent years the question I am asked more frequently is about voting for the individual or the Party. It seems in 2015 … Continue reading Vote for the Party or the Person?
It is a Saturday. It must be sport for me. Throughout my life a Saturday has meant looking forward to some form of sport and the anticipation of kick-off. From … Continue reading Saturday Sport v Politics
Last week we looked at the ‘Dead cat on the Table’ strategy, but today we saw another amazing, yet depressing, spin job in operation as the Tories attacked a sensible … Continue reading Creating A Storm in a Teacup
Every political commentator always rehashes the Clinton line that all elections are about one thing – ‘It’s the economy stupid’. So in recent days the issues have drifted from the sublime … Continue reading It’s The Economy Stupid
View from the Margins 