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Can Labour win?
November 22nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Here in the UK, there has to be a General Election in the next seven months. The most likely date is Thursday 6 May 2010 when we have local elections. Labour will be defending its record in office of 13 years. Can it win a fourth term? Sadly I think not. But it may be […]
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Something you didn’t know about the House of Commons
November 13th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
As a result of my web site, I receive e-mails from all around the world and I’m always happy to hear from readers. Today I had this e-mail from a German student of 27 in response to my web essay on “A Short Guide To The British Political System”: “I am studying English and Portuguese […]
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Some political humour
October 16th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I was at a conference this week held in the House of Commons and entitled “Parliament And The Internet”. One of the speakers was Stephen Timms in his capacity as Minister for Digital Britain. He told us a delightful little story. First Timms reminded his audience that Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world […]
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“Mountains of National Debt – Hysteria and Myth?”
October 13th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
The university department where I did my degree in Management Sciences is now part of the Manchester Business School and the latest “MBS Alumni Relations eNewsletter” features an article entitled “Mountains of National Debt – Hysteria and Myth?”. It is by Professor Michael Luger, Director of Manchester Business School, who asks whether the national debt […]
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Gordon Brown’s big speech
September 29th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
If you have an hour to spare, you can watch in full the speech made by Gordon Brown to today’s Labour Party Conference here. You can read the full text and find some analysis from the BBC here.
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Should we tax wealth?
September 22nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
The Liberal Democrats are meeting in Bournemouth this week for their Annual Conference and I’ve been in the city to look at a super fast broadband scheme (more about that later). So far, the aspect of the conference that has attracted the most publicity is the surprise proposal that homes with a value of over […]
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Top 100 Labour blogs
September 16th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
In this list, NightHawk features at No 90.
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What did your MP claim?
June 18th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
If you live in the UK and you want to know what expenses your Member of Parliament has claimed recently, BBC online has helpfully provided this guide.
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That was the week that was
June 6th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
In the early 1960s, there was a BBC television programme called “That Was The Week That Was” which was a bitingly funny piece of political satire. Boy, if it was around today, what material this week would have given them. I did a blog posting a week ago which anticipated some of the excitement, but […]
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The joy of voting
June 4th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
OK – so I’ve voted. Here in London, we don’t have local elections, only European elections. The electoral system is a regional list system so we vote for a political party and not for one or more candidates. In London, there are 19 choices so it was the longest ballot paper that I can remember. […]
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