With Laura Moffatt’s decision to not stand at the impending election, Crawley Labour party has some big decisions to make. Well just the one decision really, but it is a big one. Despite what anyone might think, I am not really in the loop with all this. I declined the chance to go onto Crawley [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Elections'
Decisions, decisions, decisions
March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
Tags: Crawley·Elections·Labour Party
The end of an era
March 15th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Politics
I got home from work today, fired up the PC, and the first thing that caught my eye on Twitter was news that Crawley’s MP, Laura Moffat, is standing down. I have very mixed views about this.
Celebrity endorsements
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
As the general election draws ever nearer we should expect the political parties to start rolling out their celebrity endorsements. The Tories were already hard to beat with such personalities as Jim Davidson, Paul Daniels and Peter Stringfellow, but it looks like they now have the backing of foreign heads of state too. What a [...]
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First time voters
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
Tonight I broke a few TV habits to watch First Time Voters Question Time: I watched a TV programme live rather than on iPlayer or V+, I watched a political programme, and I watched something on BBC Three – all things I don’t really do very often these days. I actually enjoyed it a lot [...]
Out in the sun
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Life, Politics
I picked a good day to take a day’s holiday from work today. After what seems like weeks of relentless rain and high winds it was sunny and warm, which was just as well because I had decided to spend part of my day off helping with canvassing in Crawley and had been dreading going [...]
Tags: Broadfield·Elections·Weather
Saving election night
February 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics
Reading this story about ’saving election night’ a few thoughts occur:
The move, backed without a vote, comes amid fears voters could wake up the day after an election not knowing who won…
Well, since the last two general elections have seen turnouts of about 60%, would it be reasonable to assume that at least approximately 40% [...]
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AV _is_ first-past-the-post
February 10th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Politics
Personally I am pleased to see that the Commons voted for a referendum on AV. I am not really a big fan of referenda for various reasons, but as the whole issue revolves around democracy and whether particular systems of voting are better or worse than others it seems fitting to put it to a [...]
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Blatant begging
January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Politics
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Hotting up
December 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics
Must be an election on the horizon or something. I have started to get a flurry of messages, calls and emails asking for contact details from the party and from people wanting to make sure they can arrange hustings at short notice. Also a request for volunteers for a live phone-in politics show that wanted [...]
Tags: Broadfield·Elections
A good day for Labour
October 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Politics
A couple of good by-election results yesterday which have lifted morale in Sussex and Yorkshire.
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