Westminster

The Ayes to the Right?

02/05/2015 thomas 4 Comments

In the House of Commons, the MPs supporting the government are sitting to the right of the Speaker, while the

20/04/2015 thomas 4 Comments

David Torrance seems to have become the latest cheerleader for the (wrong) idea that the largest party must form the

11/04/201511/04/2015 thomas 19 Comments

I’ve decided to update my prediction of winnable SNP seats which I wrote two weeks after we lost the referendum.

22/03/2015 thomas 5 Comments

The UK democracy is a disaster, it’s like a monster destroying democracy with its three heads: FPTP, over-centralised political parties

23/02/2015 thomas 17 Comments

As part of the ongoing “cash for access” scandal, Malcolm Rifkind said the following about the salary paid to MPs:

04/02/2015 thomas 7 Comments

Lord Ashcroft’s 16 constituency polls today confirmed that the national opinion polls are correct (if anything, the swing is larger

13/11/2014 thomas 4 Comments

I moved to Scotland in 2002, so I don’t have any memories of the creation of the Scottish Parliament —