Could nine million current voters be about to disappear from the electoral register?
Last week the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission addressed the Annual Conference of the Association of Electoral…
Election
Can electoral reform help Labour reach into the “electoral deserts” of the South?
“What does it mean to the Labour Party to be One Nation?” Ed Miliband asked in 2012. One…
LabourList readers don’t expect Miliband to win a majority in 2015
There’s decidedly mixed news for Ed Miliband from the latest LabourList weekly survey. Whilst the vast majority of…
We are in for a long haul until May 2015
“Nobody knows anything.” This was screenwriter William Goldman’s considered view on the collective wisdom of entertainment industry executives.…
The way Labour elects its leader WILL change – but have negotiations broken down?
Labour’s special conference is only six weeks away – but reports this morning suggest that negotiations have broken…
This row is out in the open – and it isn’t going away any time soon
There was a story in the Times(£) by Sam Coates this morning that hasn’t really generated the level…
Get your act together and your ducks in a row
As psephological indicators go, the Any Questions audience is not entirely reliable. All through the 1980s audience members…
I need your help to beat my local Tory MP
Like so many people where I live in Peterborough, I’m struggling with the cost of heating the home.…
If you believe Russell Brand, I’m naïve and furthering my own oppression
In a few days’ time I’ll have the opportunity to exercise my right to vote in the United…
How can we crack down on discrimination at election time?
This week the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Electoral Conduct, of which I was a senior member, published its…
