Polls for breakfast, polls for dinner

Polls for breakfast, polls for dinner

Opinion polls are the methodone fix for unreconstructed politics addicts between elections.  Our resident pusher is Mike Smithson, the genial and analytically astute host of http://politicalbetting.com, a site which pulls together the rumour-mill, the important...

Outsourcing the budget

Dizzy, on his as-usual spot-on blog, has made a case for conservatives to prepare for the ground-war that will accompany the budget on March 24.   His reasoning is impeccable; March 25th is the last practicable date for an announcement of a May 6th General Election....

Racism and hating children

Next week begins European Week Against Racism, a week when organisations opposed to racism host events to highlight racial prejudice and discrimination, and to celebrate the existence of societies where discrimination on the colour of a person’s skin or their...

The Result of the General Election of 2010

Conservative victory The Conservative Party, led by David Cameron, won the 2010 General Election.  The party secured a majority of 23 seats in an election contest which turned out less close than had previously been predicted. Controversy over election night count...