14 August 2026
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Election results are always worth looking at carefully. The Clacton by-election ones are in and, based on Parliamentary figures, Nigel Farage got 22,239 votes. That is a substantial majority and more votes than he got in 2024 so I suppose … Continue reading
11 August 2026
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Recently Nigel Farage called for a by-election in his Clacton seat. He claims it is to prove that he has people’s support in the face of claims that he has mislead Parliament over his financial affairs but it is a … Continue reading
14 October 2025
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If you saw my local MP walking down the street, you could make the assumption that he is “from other parts”. You would, however, be wrong. Wikipedia tells me that he was born in Luton and his academic education was … Continue reading
5 July 2024
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As expected, Labour have won a sweeping victory and the Conservatives got their expected drubbing, although turnout was on the low side (second lowest in the last 100 years, at about 60%). Perhaps that will the the subject of my … Continue reading
3 July 2024
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Tomorrow sees the UK heading to the polls for a long anticipated General Election. The most disappointing result of all would be a low turnout, with people simply not bothering to exercise their democratic duty to get out and vote. … Continue reading
8 June 2024
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I have to wonder if Richie Sunak is really “in it to win it” with the pending UK General Election? From surprising a good number of his Conservative Party colleagues (and announcing it in the pouring rain without even the … Continue reading
4 May 2024
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I see Labour’s Claire Ward has been elected as the first East Midlands mayor. I live in the East Midlands and might well have voted for her but, last Thursday, a Police and Crime Commissioner was the only post I … Continue reading
7 December 2023
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I have had a detailed answer back from the local MP with regard to the question I sent a few days ago comparing the Elgin marbles with MPs (and still no reply from the prospective Labour candidate). However, while I … Continue reading
29 November 2023
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The Prime Minister was due to meet with his counterpart this week but cancelled the meeting at short notice because Kyriakos Mitsotakis had mentioned the question of the “Elgin Marbles”. Apologists have been claiming that Britain obtained them legally. According … Continue reading
14 November 2023
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The appointment of someone who is no longer an MP to be our new foreign secretary sounds to me like trying to scrape beyond the bottom of the barrel. I was surprised that former Prime Minister, David Cameron, wasn’t already … Continue reading