Category Politics

Chesterblogs

I have a job interview on Friday, for a job in Scrutiny at Chester City Council. Am quite confident and am looking forward to the idea of getting back into Scrutiny. Browsing the Council’s website, it would appear that some…

In the News

Been listening to Radio 4 and the Today programme on the way into work recently. This morning’s news was full of interesting stuff: Galloway accused of Senate ‘lies’ – I am no fan of Galloway’s, but I do find it…

Howard’s Parting Favour

Interesting article on Michael Howard’s signal of his intention to resign as leader of the Tories on the BBC. The last thing the Tories want is another instant resignation similar to William Hague’s the day after the 2001 election defeat.…

Blunkett returns in new Cabinet

Blunkett returns in new Cabinet, according to the BBC: David Blunkett has returned to the Cabinet as work and pensions secretary as Tony Blair reshuffles his top team. Patricia Hewitt has been appointed health secretary – with John Reid moving…

Election 2005 Stuff

So, another Labour government, albeit with a much reduced majority. Probably the best result all round. Here are some interesting snippets from The Guardian‘s coverage this morning. Tony Blair alone bears the blame – Polly Toynbee The Tories’ Michael Foot…

Election 2005 Blogs

There are quite a few blogs popping up about the UK election on May 5. Many of them are used by news organisations to present more informal content. Here are a couple of links to the ones I look at.…

E-mail is under-used in politics

From the BBC: The dramatic rise in home internet access has failed to plug the communication gap between politicians and citizens, a new survey has found. The survey, commissioned by Telewest Business, found that only 1% of people have contacted…

Blimey!

Only just come across this, from The Guardian’s Newsblog. Bizarre… Slough Tory sacked Assiduous readers may recall our story revealing that the Conservatives’ prospective parliamentary candidate for Slough, Adrian Hilton, believed the EU was part of a Catholic conspiracy to…