No, is the basic conclusion of my article on Comment is Free today: In reality, the X Factor could only dream of having as many voters as we take for granted in UK elections. Ten million votes may sound like a lot, but it is only two-thirds the number of people who voted in the… Continue reading Does Simon Cowell have the political X-Factor?
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Performance -> Feedback -> Response
Just got back from Robin Ince’s Nine Carols and Lessons for Godless People which you, dear reader, may recall I attended last year as well and I am delighted to be able to report that all three of my suggestions were taken on board and as an overall package it was a massive improvement on… Continue reading Performance -> Feedback -> Response
Why the Conservatives have been making class an issue
David Cameron and his party have been bending over backwards to tell us how petty and spiteful it is to bring class into politics. They have a point, up to a point. Certainly the Crewe and Nantwich by-election was a dreadful miscalculation by Labour – who, let us not forget, were treating the constituency as… Continue reading Why the Conservatives have been making class an issue