The proposal to hold a referendum on changing the electoral system to the Alternative Vote is Labour’s policy, so you would have thought they’d be delighted that the coalition government is going ahead with it, wouldn’t you? The problem is, a) Labour’s commitment to the policy is at least partly tactical (designed to appeal to… Continue reading Electoral Mythbusting 2: spotlight on Labour and boundary changes
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Electoral Mythbusting 1: Spotlight on Iain Dale
I guess we’ll be doing a lot of mythbusting over the next year or so, so I might as well start now. Iain Dale has just issued a couple of posts about the Alternative Vote and Single Transferable Vote which contains assertions that simply can’t be sustained. Let’s go through them. 1. AV “is probably… Continue reading Electoral Mythbusting 1: Spotlight on Iain Dale
Ed Miliband: read my lips – no nuclear subsidies
In honour of Nick Clegg’s visit to Forgemasters today, I thought I would go back and see what Ed Miliband was saying about nuclear power before the election. On 9 November 2009, he told the House: “We are not going to provide public subsidy for the construction, operation and decommissioning of nuclear power stations.” (Hat… Continue reading Ed Miliband: read my lips – no nuclear subsidies