Most of the punditry about the internet and the general election has focused on the impact of the internet, and social media in particular, on politics. Although journalists often get a mention, the basic frame of reference is “how is politics changing?”
However, there was a hint of a…
For months now, commentators have been offered ‘advice’ to the new Chancellor on how to get to grips with the national balance sheet.
Cut public spending right now and look to tackle the structural deficit head-on, but run the risk of a sinister sounding ‘double-dip recession’? Or limited…
In a previous career as a local reporter, at a parish council in rural Berkshire, I listened head in hands to a two hour debate over which side of a lane to place a new lamppost.
Journalists across the country are the link between the multiple layers of government that make up our democracy, and…
After a long, strange night and a pretty fraught morning, the most important questions from this election are yet to be decided. Yet, at the time of writing, there are a few things about which we can be reasonably certain:
Disappointment for Dave – in September 2008, one opinion poll put the…
The 2010 general election was strongly tipped be the UK’s first internet election, with Twitter and Facebook deciding who will become Britain’s next Prime Minister. As it happens, television, particularly the leaders’ debates, has driven the polls.
Nevertheless, given that we’re pretty…
British political history was made last night as, for the first time, the three men vying to run the country squared off live on camera.
The occasion also demonstrated the ‘real time’ nature of this election – as viewers…
Gordon Brown has at last made the journey to Buckingham Palace, asked Her Majesty to dissolve Parliament and the General Election is set for May 6.
It’s likely to be a hard fought campaign generating hours and hours of media coverage across every possible channel.
Mandate will produce its…
Has anything changed after last night’s Chancellor debates?
In a word, no.
Political pundits from all parties have been rating the performances of the three would-be inhabitants of…
The impact of a change of government in 2010 shouldn’t be underestimated.
If the Conservatives win the General Election, the country will see significant shifts not only in terms of how public services will be delivered, but also how Government interacts with its citizens, and it won’t just…
