Category Archives: ukge2010

Why not discuss the Comprehensive Spending Review

Posted on October 20, 2010 by dsullivan

Got sent this link yesterday and it seems like a good place to talk over some of the implications of the UK’s comprehensive spending review. So visit CSR10 and have your spake!

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What if there was an election and nobody won?

Posted on May 7, 2010 by dsullivan

That is pretty much what they’ve had in the UK. Labour lost massive numbers of seats, the Tories appear to be solidly short of a majority and the LibDems simply failed to convert support in votes. It is possible, even … Continue reading →

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The Tories baseless fear of PR

Posted on May 5, 2010 by dsullivan

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Jason notes the fear factor being raised by the Daily Mail against PR. One does have to wonder if the poor dears writing for the Daily Mail in the UK know how PR works. … Continue reading →

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Why did Cameron agree to the debates?

Posted on April 20, 2010 by dsullivan

Image by conservativeparty via Flickr Many people will think at this point that David Cameron was quite mad to agree to the debates especially with the participation of the LibDems Nick Clegg but I suspect he knew that (a) the … Continue reading →

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A 3-way Leader’s debate in Ireland

Posted on April 15, 2010 by dsullivan

Image by Getty Images via Daylife With the first of the series of the Uk’s three PM debates on UTV tonight it appears not to have occurred to anyone here that if the polls in Ireland were to remain remotely … Continue reading →

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