Okay, I admit: the Scottish results have got me stumped. It was the list results that did it. My expectation was, and the polls appeared to back me up, that the Greens were on course to get about the same share of the vote that they had before. Instead, they were wiped out. The Tories… Continue reading Scotland decides, er, what?
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Credible Politicians
I was on Five Live’s Julian Worricker programme briefly on Sunday, making my nomination for most credible politician as part of their Political Awards (the piece was on at around 12pm, so about 2 hours in if you want a listen). My nomination was for David Howarth. I have to admit, I struggled with this… Continue reading Credible Politicians
An accident waiting to happen
My first response when reading about Forward Wales’ plan to field both party and ‘independent’ candidates in the next Assembly elections was, “what took them so long?” The Electoral Commission appear to have now woken up to this, but really it is too late. This is the real danger of the AMS system, not the… Continue reading An accident waiting to happen