The referendum campaign has changed the United Kingdom fundamentally, in spite of the fact Scotland voted to stay within it. The change is subtle but politically it is seismic. What has happened is this. Before, Scotland played its part in the UK by sending its ambitious politicians to Westminster, to advocate Scotland’s role in the governance of […]
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Sunday’s polls show no break in the neck and neck deadlock, although the hints that the Tories were gaining a small lead seem to have receded, but they have not been replaced with a distinctive Labour advantage. This is not a prediction, but the poll averages appear to indicate a possible outcome where the Tories […]
It is important to pause a moment in the election campaign and look at something which this blog finds rather shocking. All politicians exaggerate their own and their party’s performance and denigrate their opponents, especially their predecessors (you don’t want them back!), but I do not recall a previous case of calculated dishonesty designed to mislead voters. Yet […]
BROWSE MY BOOKS WITH THESE LINKS Malcolm Blair-Robinson U.S Malcolm Blair-Robinson U.K.
The performance of all three leaders last night was robust in the face of pretty hostile questioning which at times was really nasty. Cameron perhaps had the easier ride because his platform of we are fixing the economy let us finish the job is the easiest brief. Milliband coped well and ended closer behind Cameron […]
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Tonight there is another broadcasting set piece; an edition of BBC Question Time featuring the three main party leaders of the old parliament. Cameron, Clegg and Milliband. How they perform will be the subject of much analysis and polling, but how many votes will move from one to another is hard to tell. What we […]
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The Tory campaign has lost its wheels. There are certain controls that good governance requires remain at the disposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. This used to include interest rates, but it is now fashionable for central banks to control these, a development which history may show to have been a mistake. But to […]