Via The Returning Officers and The Honourable Fiend comes news that Birmingham council Liberal Democrats leader John Hemming wants a judicial review of electoral procedures following the Birmingham vote rigging scandal. This could potentially delay the general election. Hemming says: … Continue reading →

I’m still trying to keep one eye on the other side of the Channel while following the election run-up in the UK. Thusly: Yesterday the European Commission made a pitch for its budget, asking for 1.14% of the combined gross … Continue reading →

(sorry – saw the pic here and couldn’t resist – and yes, I know it’s a bit shit…)

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 →

Blogger is playing up, so just a few quickies while it’s working to let you know I’m still here. Paul Wolfowitz is trying to reassure everyone that he’s not going to bugger up the World Bank, and seems to be … Continue reading →

Following The Zimbabwean‘s online launch (anticipating Thursdays’s doubtless dodgy elections) comes This is Zimbabwe, a bog from the Sokwanele opposition civic action support group. Worth a look – although sadly no comment facility up at the moment. (Hat tip Cabalamat … Continue reading →

After Blogging Labour MP Tom Watson (which sparked off an interesting discussion, at least), this time it’s Peter “Two Jobs” Hain spouting the guff about how if you vote Lib Dem you’ll get the Tories. As I believe someone said … Continue reading →

I did have a nice long post about a couple of nicely Eurosceptic articles in today’s Sunday Times, but there was a Bloggerquake, and the entire bloody thing got lost. Being trusting in technology, I type it direct into the … Continue reading →