Localism, this year’s post code lottery
Right-wing blogger and Euro MP Daniel Hannan has long made the case for localism - the theory that all decisions should be taken at the lowest or most local level...
Read this entry »Greg Pope (Lab, Ret 2010)
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Greg, who was MP for Hyndburn and retired from parliament in 2010, told Blogminster: “Communicating online is an important way of breaking down the barriers between electors and the elected. There is a sense of immediacy and the personal in these new ways of communicating which will be vital to the health of our democracyâ€. Greg's blog includes contributions by son Conor.Articles written by Greg Pope (Lab, Ret 2010)
You saw it here first…
Douglas Alexander has released this video today, saying that it is going to be a "word of mouth election":Wonder where he got the appetite for...
Read this entry » The Audacity of (Sussman-)Pope
Our attention here at Audacity Of Pope was first brought to the existence of another Audacity Of Pope blog a while ago, although I'm ashamed...
Read this entry » Feast day of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, actually
Happy St Paddy's Day! Don something green, put on a silly hat, head down to your nearest faux-Irish bar, sing U2 songs loudly, laugh drunkenly...
Read this entry » Last Week: International Women’s Day. This Week…
After asking whether it's ok to execute gay people, the BBC News team have excelled themselves once again when it comes to instigating debate...
Read this entry » Blog the Week Episode 10
With my lack of blogging this week, you might expect that I have something special hidden up my sleeve for this episode of Blog The Week.Unfortunately,...
Read this entry » “Hedging Our Bets” – Lib Dems reveal election slogan
The Liberal Democrats today revealed their new election slogan, "Change that works for you, building a fairer Britain".The slogan was accompanied...
Read this entry » Cameron modestly claims Tories won the Cold War
At today's Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) David Cameron made an astonishing assertion: the Conservatives, he told the House, had won the...
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You know you’ve made it when…
...people are producing photoshopped pictures of one of your jokes on the internet. As a famous Series 4000 mechanoid once said: "Initiating 'Smug Mode'."Thanks...
Read this entry »Did the Chiefs of Staff get the spending priorities right?
My colleague Denis MacShane has pointed out that defence expenditure rose by £7 billion in the period up to 2003. Priorities within the defence budget are largely,...
Read this entry »Blog The Week Episode 9
After a few weeks in the big city, I've returned to the safety of my settee in Blackburn this week. Lucky too, as I learned that another homemade Blackburn video...
Read this entry »Tories wobble as polls narrow in marginals
Opinion polls are the drug of choice of the political class, especially in the run-up to a general election as we fall hungrily on our latest fix. One of the points...
Read this entry »Michael’s Left Foot Forward?
We here at Audacity of Pope were very sad to hear about the death of former Labour leader Michael Foot this week. Although I was only a year old when he stood down...
Read this entry »They’re all the same aren’t they?
They're all the same aren't they, those politicians?Well, no actually, we're not. The Tories think it's ethically ok to try and buy the election via some tax exile...
Read this entry »Daydream Believer
An interesting (for "interesting", read "excellent") weekend for Labour appears to be leading into a good week. First, of course, was the poll leaking on Saturday...
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