On party membership
I read a very interesting piece on declining membership in political parties in the United Kingdom. The numbers are rather astounding. According to the author, Brian Wheeler, just over 1% of the UK population are card-carrying members of a political party, which Wheeler indicates is low by European standards, but alas, fails to provide any [...]
The mandatory post on last night’s by-election
As was expected by pretty much everyone, Labour won yesterday’s by-election in Oldham East and Saddleworth. As was expected, at least by me, the range of opinion on what this results means is truly astounding, ranging from the “let’s not read too much into this, it was just a by-election” approach to the “proof of [...]
Too close for comfort?
As I’ve mentioned many times in various blog posts here, there is regular speculation in the UK media regarding the future of the coalition partners – will the coalition split up? Will the parties fight the next election as Coalition candidates under some form of electoral pact? Or will the two parties merge into one? [...]
New progressives
I apologize for my prolonged absence from blogging. As sometimes happens, real life events intervened in such a way that I simply was not able to properly focus on things political, which was at times frustrating, because there were a few events that did catch my attention and on which I wanted to comment. One [...]
Clowns to the left, jokers to the right
As this parliamentary session comes to a close (the House of Commons adjourns tomorrow for a short summer break), there has been much speculation in the British media about the fate of the coalition and possible political realignment. In the Guardian, Paul Goodman calls it a coalition of four, not two: It is usually viewed [...]
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