Cameron’s sharp initiative?

It was hard to avoid thinking about the politics of knife crime when I was out and about in London yesterday

Olympic elephants and Boris

One of the biggest jobs that was going to face the new Mayor of London was planning for the 2012 Olympics.

Unsurprisingly, in only his second month in office, controversy over funding has hit the headlines.

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As Westminster reels from the shock announcement that David Davis has resigned as an MP, the sentiment from the grassroots could not be clearer. His personal crusade has rallied all the opponents of 42 days under one banner, and even Nick Clegg has said that the Liberal Democrats will not be fielding a candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election. But despite Nick Robinson’s analysis that David Cameron has “lost control of his strategy”, I don’t see these events as damaging to the Conservative Party at all, rather a brilliantly cunning plan. So here are the thoughts of a conspiracy theorist.

Devolution revision: West Lothian Question

5 reasons why I think that this is a problem that has been overstated

Devolution revision: the West Lothian Question

Here we consider why the West Lothian Question can be considered a problem.  Later this week I will propose that it is perhaps an issue that has been overblown

Electoral systems revision: outcome of London 2008

This entry on the results of the London elections adds to previous postings examining the workings of the Supplementary Vote and Additional Member System

When Politicians Choose to Mime - John Redwood

Conservative politician John Redwood has been tipped as a successor to the current Shadow Chancellor George Osborne.  Were Redwood to get the role, you can expect plenty of media replays of this famous rendition of the Welsh national anthem.

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Edexcel Unit 1 revision: political parties (Dec 2007)

To what extent do Labour and Conservative party policies overlap? 

This is an area of the course that presents problems for students.  One of the reasons for this may be the fact that respondents have to craft answers on apparently shifting sands, with the parties constantly changing their stance on policy.