Like them or loathe them the UK’s biggest double act of the moment is off to a bit of a flier. Of course I’m talking about CammerClegg and their first two weeks in office although I could equally be talking about Ant and Dec and the return of Britain’s Got Talent.
The Boundary Commission yesterday released their report on the new Scottish constituencies for the Scottish Election in May 2011. The Scotland Act requires the Boundary Commission for Scotland to periodically review the Boundaries for the Scottish Parliament. Periodic reviews are in place to ensure that constituencies reflect demographic change.
We are currently recruiting an intern for a two-month period to work in our Edinburgh office. The role will involve research and administrative support as well as opportunities to develop individual projects.
I wonder about Scots and their obsession with Thatcher. It is surely now bordering on the dangerously obsessive? People would have been casting their votes for Labour and against the Tories (Thatcher) who were not even alive when she was in office.
Today the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats unveiled their plans for the next 5 years. Follow the link below to read the full agreement.
ConLib Coalition Agreement.
So, Mr Cameron’s ‘big, open and comprehensive’ offer to the Liberal Democrats worked. We have the first coalition government in nearly 70 years leading the UK and it only took 6 days to form. This is significantly less than the European average of 39 days – their leaders must not care about national interest as ours.
The UK General Election has been heralded as an election of change and by and large the public have voted for change. However there is a lack of certainty over the type of change desired.
With all the talk of hung parliaments and coalition governments it appears that the Scottish example has finally permeated the Westminster village. The latest campaign twist is that DC would shun constitutional convention (that the existing PM gets first shot at forming a coalition government) and plough ahead with a minority government. I have visions of Malcolm Tucker sidling up to Julius Nicholson for a quiet word.
There’s an advert that The Independent newspaper is running saying “Rupert Murdoch won’t decide this election. You will.”
As a football fan, the accusation that a manager is ‘tactically naïve’ is an oft used, if often misunderstood accusation from disgruntled fans. It usually indicates that things are not going well, and that from the outside at least, those who find themselves in a position to do something about it are unable, unwilling or both. That senior Labour politicians are now actively encouraging voters in certain areas to tactically vote possibly says a lot about how the campaign has gone for Labour.