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Follow the Leader
We guested on Newsnight Scotland last night with our story about all the seats where the campaign is already over. And they picked a pretty arresting comparison for their intro. And we're wishing we'd...
View ArticleGambling on change
Which site would you go to first when you log in of a morning to see how the parties are faring? It might help to limit the field to just two: UK Polling Report and Politcal Betting. Polling or...
View ArticleWhere to with coalitions?
Talk is now firmly on coalition building. But how do you start? The idea that the party with most votes has the ‘strongest’ mandate must be treated with caution as our voting system gives a very...
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The Election that might have been
Britain’s new political map is simple. Just take a look. We have a blue south, a red north, and a few spots of yellow in between. But it’s not a map most voters would recognise as legitimate after last...
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The New Politics of Coalition Government
Here we find ourselves, trapped in the dreaded hung parliament scenario, and despite some nightmarish predictions from our tabloid fortune tellers—economic collapse, societal breakdown, nuclear...
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Reviving the Health of Our Democracy
Political and constitutional reform has had a tough time of late but going into the next General Election has never been so important. Too often shoved into the ‘too difficult’ box, reform of our...
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Reckless choices?
After Clacton, comes Rochester and Strood. At the start of the campaign, the Conservatives felt they stood a good chance of winning this second by-election caused by a Conservative MP defecting to...
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Commit, don't cop out
Today saw the broadcasters agree– by lot – who would host each of the three upcoming televised General Election debates. It’s a welcome development in what has been a fairly chaotic few months for...
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Re-location, re-location, re-location: where should Parliament move to?
As Parliament breaks for the summer recess this week, there’s a bit of time to think about some non-legislative stuff for a change. One pretty pressing issue bubbling underneath is this: with the...
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Amid a shrinking Commons, let's stand up for the backbencher
This article was first published on Politics.co.ukA steady rise in independent-minded MPs has been a positive feature of Westminster life in recent years. Parliament has always had its share of...
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