May 2010
6 posts
this week in politics
Sorry about the week’s absence, exams and such have taken up my time recently. So what’s happened since I last wrote? Well we’ve only gone and got a new Prime minister and a new government. Not any old government though, a coalition government, between the Conservative party and the Liberal Democrats. Who’d thought that would have been the outcome a couple of months ago.
So how did this happen?...
this week in politics
So, a hung parliament, who’d thought we’d have that outcome? Will we have a Con-Lib or a Lab-Lib government? Politics has never been so exciting! Well not for a while anyway…
In the end it was a disappointing election for all three parties. Labour lost a large amount of their seats, the Lib Dems lost some seats and the Conservatives didn’t win a majority government. So what’s going to happen...
07:30am election update!
It’s been a long night. And yet, at this point there’s no clear outcome. As projected the Tories are on their way to becoming the largest party, but aren’t quite close enough for a majority. As this point it stands like this:
Cons; 285 / Lab; 231 / Lib Dem; 50 / other; 27
It’s still all to play for & it’s still heading for a hung parliament, of one kind or another! Labour & the Lib...
this week in politics
Just over 24hours and the polls will close on this year’s election. The parties are all out trying to persuade the voters, but its up to us to decide who will run our government over the next 5 years.
The Tories are now ahead in polls by a few clear points, the lib dem surge is now falling away and the labour party are gaining a couple of points, but what does this mean for tomorrows election?...
this week in politics
In under a week we’ll have some kind of new Government unless Labour manages to pull off a masterstroke of some kind. We could be having a hung parliament or the Conservatives could gain some more support and get their majority Cameron is so desperate to achieve. All three tv debates are over and the countdown is on till Thursday.
The polls show the Tories on about 34%, if this support is put...
April 2010
2 posts
this week in politics
I must apologize for the lack of blogs over the past three weeks. My internet was very limited when I returned home from uni so I didn’t quite have the chance. So what I’m going to do is cover the Tv Debate in this instalment, then take a look and dissect the parties manifestos on Friday.
The biggest news with this election is obviously last Thursday’s TV debate and the impact it has had on the...
March 2010
8 posts
this week in politics
As soon as the politicians of the country thought they might be able to turn the corner on the sleaze and scandals shrouding Westminster it seems they just can’t help themselves. Channel Four’s dispatched exposes MP’s who describe themselves as taxi’s, the fare? £5000 a day. The Budget is to be released on Wednesday and across the pond ‘change’ has finally come as Obama secures his healthcare...
this week in politics
In the past week of politics not a lot seems to have really happened. The Tories are still on top in the polls, not by a lot mind. Gordon Brown is staying resilient and Nick Clegg says he offers a “real change”. Oh and the budget is going to be announced on the 24th of March, I’m sure everyone is looking forward to that one.
Gordon Brown has vowed he will ‘keep going’ even if he fails to win a...
this week in politics
This week has been a little odd for Politics. With Gordon Brown out of the country in Afghanistan Cameron didn’t really have anyone to criticise. Well he to be honest he didn’t get the chance. Lord Ashcroft’s taxes seemed to be last thing the leader of the opposition needed.
Lord Ashcroft, a major donor to the Conservative party, has had way in which he pays taxes under question for years. Now...
this week in politics
Despite all of the bad press Brown got for the “bulling” scandal, it seems it’s the Conservatives are the ones on the front pages. After months of leading in the polls, sometimes up to around 15 points ahead of Labour, this week it was revealed that their lead was down to just two points. This seems to have sent alarm bells ringing across the entire party. This lead would in no way guarantee a...
February 2010
8 posts
this week in politics
It seems the country has come down with election fever. Gordon Brown featured on Piers Morgan’s life stories, David Cameron and the Tories unveil another line of posters and Nick Clegg says that the Lib Dem’s won’t make up a coalition Government if there is a hung parliament. The run up to the election has officially got under way. Strange that, as an election date is actually yet to set. Some...
this week in politics
Social care draws a dividing line between the parties. After his party help to pass the new plans for social care for the elderly, David Cameron then made a u-turn in this weeks PM’s questions, which he then criticized the labour’s proposed bill. Putting the PM on the spot demanding an answer on where the funding for this bill would come from, the PM sidestepped the answer until the leader...
