European Elections | Going Postal

Postal Voting, Overseas and General Statistics

12th May 2019 well_chuffed 0

After the description of how Postal Voting works and by implication, how much it must cost, it seemed worth while looking at the number of overseas postal voters. These should mainly be people who have [more…]

Postal Voting, What Goes On

9th May 2019 well_chuffed 0

Postal Voting has been brought into disrepute with the wholesale abuse of the system by various sections of the population. The mechanics of handling the postal vote are time consuming and certainly not cheap. The [more…]

Some d’Hondt scenarios

17th April 2019 Going Postal 0

European elections are conducted under the d’Hondt system, which works like this: Each voter has one vote and marks his ‘X’ against his choice of party. Each party puts up a list of candidates, in order [more…]

Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

8th February 2019 0

Question Time 7th February 2019 Venue: Motherwell Motherwell used to be the steel-making capital of Scotland. Ravenscraig was the main employer of some 13,000 people by the 1970’s but a disastrous strike of steel workers [more...]
This Septic Eye, Ch 6

17th April 2018 0

With sincere apologies, I don’t feel very flippant this week, the continuation of carnage in our capital city, combined with the narcissism of the spiritless, spineless, succubus that claims to serve us has cast a [more...]
Crossword No. 106

22nd February 2020 1

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug and keyring! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 105 – Gmbd. Answers with [more...]
Joe Malone, Part Seven

12th March 2019 0

Private Investigator, Joe Malone, has been hired by Lady Vanessa Bixby to find her husband, Lord Bixby, a major figure in the Britain-Must-Remain movement. Joe is on his way to meet with the young, blonde, [more...]
The Unseen Path – Part Fifty Three

23rd June 2018 0

Helena sat down at the bedside, handed over more grapes, a small bag containing some of his things, razor, tooth brush, that sort of thing. He was smiling at her in a lop-sided way. “I [more...]