Over on Next Left, Sunder Katwala makes the case for 1910 being the most underrated year in political history. Reading this, a thought occurred to me: will the Labour Lords respect the Salisbury-Addison Convention if Cameron wins the general election later this year? As long ago as 2005, Lord McNally refuted the continued legitimacy of… Continue reading Will Labour Peers be Mr Cameron’s poodle in 2010?
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STOP PRESS: Nick Clegg ends Lib Dem equidistance
With his Demos pamphlet published today, it has to be said that Nick Clegg has ruled out any chance of doing a deal with the Conservatives in the event of a hung parliament following the next election. That isn’t quite the same thing as saying he has ruled in a deal with Labour but it… Continue reading STOP PRESS: Nick Clegg ends Lib Dem equidistance
Balls, dirty tricks and candidate selection
The revelations in the Sunday Times this weekend about Ed Balls being the secret puppetmaster behind “smeargate” seem a little thin to me, but they do remind me of an incident a few years ago. Long time readers may recall my ill-fated campaign to get Ed Balls a sex change operation so that he could… Continue reading Balls, dirty tricks and candidate selection