Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the AV referendum, and I felt I should mark the date somehow. For me, the AV referendum was the event that finally broke me, in terms of my political career. It’s possible that if I hadn’t had such an awful experience being involved in Yes to Fairer Votes I… Continue reading “Ballots, butts and Battlestar Galactica” – ten years on from the AV referendum
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How Labour’s Lib Dem bashing backfired
I’ve already said what I think about Labour’s decision to target Lib Dem-held constituencies at the expense of Tory-held ones, so I won’t repeat myself here. This article looks at the bigger picture, and how the Labour’s Lib Dem obsession for the past five years ultimately backfired on them. It is striking how the Labour… Continue reading How Labour’s Lib Dem bashing backfired