After eight General Elections and 22 years as the MP for Carshalton & Wallington (and now a candidate again), there could almost be a danger of things becoming a bit of a routine. The context of this campaign though renders that an impossibility. I don’t think I have ever fought a more important election. I […]
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Tim Walker, an award-winning writer, recently announced that he is the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for the constituency of Canterbury, Whitstable & Villages. In response, he has received criticism from Remainers, who are worried that his candidacy will split the Remain vote and therefore make it easier for the Conservative Brexiteer candidate to defeat the incumbent […]
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Ever since I was a schoolboy and first became aware of politics, I always felt I could sleep soundly in the knowledge that the prime ministers I counted in and counted out – irrespective of whether the rosettes they wore were red or blue – did not wish to actively damage our country or indeed […]
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Dr Phillip Lee, the MP for the Bracknell constituency, has left the Conservative party and defected to the Liberal Democrats. This means that Boris Johnson has now lost his working government majority. After this resignation, the Conservatives have 310 seats in the House of Commons. The latest blow for 10 Downing Street came on the […]
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The local council elections on Thursday illustrated a stark contrast between the victors and losers in England, as illustrated in Figure 1. The biggest defeats were suffered by the Conservative Party with a gigantic and exponential loss of 1,334 seats. This was followed by UKIP which lost 145 seats; and, the smallest defeat was endured […]
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