Economic Pessimism helps UKIP
John Curtice writing today (16 July 2014) on Democratic Audit says: The fascinating thing about UKIP supporters is that some of its obvious position,; such as its anti-European, anti-immigration...
View ArticleWhat to do when the system fails you?
John Curtice writing today (16 July 2014) on Democratic Audit says: Labour needs to watch the Greens because the Greens are potential alternative form of protest for Lib Democrat voters as are to some...
View ArticleValues Outfoxed by practicalities
In choosing a week to bury excruciating news, the Liberal Democrats have excelled at an ugly art. Westminster slumbers in recess, voters are on holiday or reeling from the latest horrors of Isis – and...
View ArticleWhat Carswell tell us about politics
Tory Douglas Carswell has defected to UKIP and quit as MP for Clacton, saying he will contest the subsequent by-election for Nigel Farage’s party. BBC News Website 28 August 2014 : Tory MP Douglas...
View ArticleUKIP like outsiders
Andy Parsons expressed surprise (BBC2 Mock the Week, 1 October 2014) about Mark Reckless defecting to UKIP because: They don’t like outsiders coming in and taking their jobs I am sure that Douglas...
View ArticleBeing the 3rd or 4th Party
It is difficult when the country won’t divide into two warring tribes. But, on the other hand, if you look at politics in the United States of America, perhaps not. Without just two warring tribes and...
View ArticleHere we go again.
Cameron tells us that the red light on the dashboard is flashing warning that we are about to go into another global recession. writing in the [Guardian], Mr Cameron said “red warning lights are once...
View ArticleLogically Reckless over Immigration
I don’t support UKIP or its attitude to foreigners (expressed or implicit), but (logically) I can’t see how Mark Reckless “misspoke” last night. Twice last night Mark Reckless was asked whether a...
View ArticleUnderstanding the coalitions that are our parties
There is a fairly wide-spread view that the country has “had enough of coalitions” and does not want to see another bout of post-election coalition negotiation. Yet most parties are themselves...
View ArticleUKIP: Naive or something less savoury?
UKIP have been on the TV quite a bit recently specifically: Channel 4: UKIP: The first 100 days – docudrama BBC2: Meet the Ukippers – observational documentary To be honest telling which one was...
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