Moron. PR (See what I did there?) The latter via Robin Grant. I may pop along – tomorrow 6:30pm, Committee Room 14, House of Commons. Oh, and if you haven’t yet, check out Jarndyce’s rather special piece (fnarr fnarr…) on … Continue reading →

Today’s early edition Evening Standard (no, I didn’t buy it, and no, there’s currently no link to the story on the Standard’s website) is carrying reports that London Labour backbencher John Austin is considering launching a leadership bid. Not through … Continue reading →

This colour-coded map, comparing the results of the 2005 and 2001 general elections, gives a rather clearer indication of the way the country stands and how it has shifted in the last four years than any I’ve seen so far. … Continue reading →

Not from me, obviously – after over ten hours of liveblogging on Thursday night/Friday morning I’ve done my fair share of election coverage for now – but from Eddie of Left Out Liberal in a near-comprehensive series of posts, all … Continue reading →

I’ve been in the pub all afternoon, watching a particularly dull Brighton/Ipswitch match and getting drunk, so read some other people’s stuff. The Sharpener is getting off to a fantastic start, which is very satisfying indeed. From the stuff that’s … Continue reading →

Following my last post about the Tories having a greater share of the popular vote in England than Labour, I’ve been doing some maths using the BBC�s final figures. In the 645 constituencies which have declared (South Staffordshire having been … Continue reading →

Being a politics spod, I picked up all the proper papers today – Times, Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian and Independent – to see the various reactions. All fairly standard. But I also, for the first time ever, picked up the … Continue reading →

Unsurprisingly, little change in the first wave of appointments to Blair’s third term cabinet team. The biggest news is the musical chairs in defence / health. Geoff “Buff” Hoon’s been quietly moved to Leader of the House, a demotion of … Continue reading →

Europhobia thoroughly liveblogged the election results 10pm to 8am – it was weird… Michael Howard’s resigned – I think too early. Should have left it six months to see the lay of the land and give the newly re-elected Malcolm … Continue reading →

Europhobia’s been liveblogging the election throughout the night Reg Keys, Stephen Twigg, Tim Collins, Peter Law, George Galloway. The Good, The Smug, The Geeky, The Hurt, The Ugly. It�s not a chain of names that lights a fire as those … Continue reading →

08:00 – Recounts could be going on a while… I’ve been up 25 hours… It could be time to call it a night. Here’s the link to the full liveblog experience – ten hours of me getting drunk and rambling, … Continue reading →

Up now, courtesy of yours truly. And as such, replicated here: It’s all over bar the count, re-counts, legal disputes over postal votes (and bad luck to reader Michelle Gray whose postal vote got, erm… lost in the post), and … Continue reading →

Anger and frustration really does bring out the best… – good stuff.

No injuries, but there’s been an explosion at the British Consulate in New York. Which is on Third Avenue. This is likely aimed more at the Americans than us, but God damn, these thing are a nice boost to the … Continue reading →