About bloody time. This follows this. Could make his plans to stand as an MP in West Yorkshire a tad buggered. Good. (For more on that particular constituency, see Ilkley Rocks.

A re-edited splice of a couple of posts of mine from the General Election Blog: The Times has now launched its own election blog. Considering the current confusion about which way Times owner Rupert Murdoch will swing, it could prove … Continue reading →

A quick plug – Nick Barlow has set up a General Election Blog, to which I (along with some other familiar metaphorical faces from the Britblogging world) will be contributing. Here we are again – http://www.generalelection05.com/blog The plan is to … Continue reading →

I’m basically a philistine, and have only just returned to the UK after a month in John Howard’s Australian utopia so appear to have completely missed the Newsnight referred to in this article from The Times (thanks to the always … Continue reading →

If this story is true, disgraced ex-minister and current European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson could be in a spot of bother again. Apparently Mandelson has been in Downing Street to discuss Labour’s election tactics – which surely is in direct … Continue reading →

It is possible that the death of Pope John Paul II may delay the announcement of the UK general election, expected tomorrow. So far, all three major parties have decided not to campaign today as a mark of respect. I … Continue reading →

Publius Pundit has pretty much all the info on Zimbabwe’s elections you’ll need. As of 10am UK time, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change has won 31 of the 39 declared seats, although This is Zimbabwe reports that “presiding officers … Continue reading →