Elections
The Brexit Party Big Vision Rally
This has been a Brexit junkie’s summer. And like the heat hope has been rising. 1st of June was the big Action Day + Rally in Peterborough to help Mike Greene get elected as an [more…]
EU referendum
European Union
What’s Wrong with our Politics?
No, I’m not a lawyer, but this week – in the process of explaining how our government works, to someone else – I arrived at some personal insights regarding what’s wrong with our politics, which [more…]
Conservatives
PR counting – d’Hondt and STV systems
After perusing the results of the Euro Elections I just about feel confident enough to explain how the two different types of PR counting work. Northern Ireland, in common with the Republic, use the Single [more…]
Authoritarianism
Globalism v. Nationalism IV
Wow, friends. What a few weeks it has been since the last piece I wrote. The battle between nationalism and globalism continues, as does the collapse of traditional left versus right politics. Evidence of this [more…]
Conservatives
Euro Elections 10 – the Results vs. the Predictions
As expected, The Brexit Party won by a considerable margin, not that you would be aware of that from listening to either Sly or Al-Jabeeba. Chuckup’s shower have been obliterated, not even a sniff of [more…]
Conservatives
Euro Elections 9 – Was I on the Money?
Ed. Estimated declaration times here are the estimated declaration times(via @drdavidbull) pic.twitter.com/kqsPjy9431 — Tom Harwood (@tomhfh) May 26, 2019 Well, this is it, the one where I probably get my face covered in egg. How [more…]
Conservatives
Euro Election 8 – changes in the last week and a half
This it , the hotly anticipated and eagerly awaited comparison between the predictions after the 1st week of May when compared to a May 20th Version. I chose the May 20th version because the May [more…]
Conservatives
Euro Elections 7 – Northern Ireland
Here is a brief description of the European Elections in Northern Ireland. It is brief because even after reading about it, not everything is clear especially the counting procedure. One of our commenters, maybe Dan4, [more…]
Conservatives
Euro Elections 6 – Scotland and Wales
This is the sixth in a series of seven articles. They contain a brief(ish) introduction and a list of parties and candidates standing in one or two Regions for the European Elections. The first table [more…]