Today Deputy PM Nick Clegg announced that a referendum on voting reform is to be held on the 5th May, 2011. As I’m sure you’ll all know the 5th May is the day of the Scottish elections. And the Welsh Assembly’s and the Northern Irish Assembly’s too. Either the Deputy PM missed the ‘Respect Agenda’ memo or we all didn’t read the small print and the Respect period is now over; who had two months in the sweepstake?
The SNP have today refuted opponent’s claims that they have left it too late to hold a referendum on independence prior to next years Holyrood elections in May. This follows on from an admission by the First Minister that independence is not the “centre of Scottish politics” at the current time.
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.