Articles tagged UK Politics:
Britain Will Have to Pay an EU Exit Bill, But It's Up to the EU to Explain How It Should Be Calculated
- 27 Aug 2017
Tomorrow morning David Davis will be heading to Brussels for what ought to be a very telling week of negotiations with Michel Barnier and his team. Both sides have been very vocal in the last few days and if their pre-briefings are anything to go by it could be a very awkward ...
Who Will The Next Tory Leader Be?
- 25 Jun 2017
This is an extended (and unedited) version of an article I wrote for today’s Sunday Telegraph. And they say election campaigns don’t change anything… Only two months ago Theresa May was mistress of all she surveyed – respected by most, liked by many, getting on with the job s...
General Election Seat by Seat: My Final Predictions - A Tory Landslide Is Still On
- 5 Jun 2017
On the day the election was called, I predicted a Conservative majority of 74, but I decided to test this out by going through all 650 seats individually. Back in early May I completed my Seat by Seat predictions and ended up predicting a Conservative majority of 134. This wa...
If You Think Labour's Manifesto Is Fully Costed, Read On...
- 5 Jun 2017
Margaret Thatcher once said: “The trouble with socialism is that you always end up running out of other people’s money.” The Labour Party manifesto is proof of this – well, it would be if it were ever implemented. I came across this little tale on one of my friend’s Facebook p...
What Should the Tories Do to Get their Campaign Back on Track? Answer: Let Lynton be Lynton & (Maybe) Ditch the Social Care Policy Altogether
- 28 May 2017
There’s nothing the Conservative Party seems to enjoy more than a midcampaign wobble. It usually lasts a couple of days before things get back on an even keel. This one has lasted more than ten days. Election campaign wobbles often happen when the chain of command isn’t clear ...
Number of Gay MPs Likely to Increase to 41 - The Most of Any Parliament in the World
- 21 May 2017
Last week I posted a blog on the number of female MPs there are likely to be in the new House of Commons. Today, I’m turning my attention towards the number of gay MPs there will be. I am grateful to Tim Carr for providing much of the information. At the date of the dissoluti...
In the New House of Commons The Number of Women MPs Is Unlikely To Rise Much - But There Will be 24 More Female Tories...
- 14 May 2017
Over the last few days I have been burnishing my credentials as a political geek and been carrying out some research about the likely makeup of the next House of Commons. In particular the likely number of women MPs. I’ve used my Seat by Seat predictions to analyse how many fe...
The Three Candidates (From Three Different Parties) I Am Going to Donate To In This Election
- 6 May 2017
Elections cost money. Contrary to popular rumour, most local candidates don’t have huge amounts of money to fund their campaigns. And they have to raise money to fund their campaigns. Each candidate (depending on the number of voters and whether the constituency is rural or ur...
My 20 Pieces of Advice to First Time General Election Candidates
- 24 Apr 2017
This is a rehash of a blog I wrote at the beginning of the 2010 election campaign, having just re-read my blogposts from the 2005 election, when I was Conservative candidate in North Norfolk. The experience brought back lots of memories – not all of them bad! But it did make ...
A Few Election Thoughts...
- 19 Apr 2017
For the first time in seven years part of me wishes I was a candidate in this election. Exciting political times ahead. But I can’t/won’t be. Watch out for an exciting announcement later today about something I’ll be doing for the next 8 weeks. Virtually everyone I know...