A Broken Constitution
We’re SO all in it together. Professor Sir Peter Hall of University College London, an expert on regional economic policy, had this to say about the figures in George Osborne’s…
Changing Tack
It’s good news that Tory misgivings over half-baked proposals for Lords reform may now mean a LibDem veto over proposed changes to constituency boundaries. In our view, MPs, if we…
The Mouse That The News Forgot
"I love small nations. I love small numbers. The world will be saved by the few."The last words of André Gide (1869-1951)Fans of Peter Sellers remember with a smile his…
Playing the Poll Card
"Be you never so high, the Law is above you."Dr Thomas Fuller, 1733 (and others)No sooner had Phil Woolas been stripped of his Parliamentary seat than politicians and the media…
The Rotten Parliament
The campaign to allow MPs to continue to represent real communities, shaped by geography, history and culture, has a growing following. It even has its own Facebook page.The so-called ‘Conservative’…
Review of 2009
Every year when we submit our accounts to the Electoral Commission we are also required to provide a 'Review of Political Activities' covering the year just gone.The 2009 Review has…