Category Archives: Constitutional Reform
NUS’s unforeseen hurdle – Why decapitation may prove tricky
As has been tweeted by Aaron Porter and reported by the Guardian and announced through a new website (in a remarkably unified manner) the NUS has launched it’s campaign to “decapitate” the Liberal Democrats, by ousting leading Liberal Democrat MPs … Continue reading
My views on the Coalition Deal
To begin with, I’ll just direct people here to the full text of the Coalition Agreement with the Conservative Party. If you haven’t read it yet, it might be handy as this entire blog post is basically me talking about … Continue reading
So what is this PR we keep going on about?
Despite there being many other issues discussed in negotiations with the Tories, and now Labour, the focus of reporting and discussion has been on electoral reform. Many things are being said about PR. That it’ll destroy the constituency link. That … Continue reading
Deal or no Deal?
As has already been noted by one chap on this blog, there is some anger amongst some Lib Dem supporters & voters about the fact that we’re even talking to the Tories. Frankly, all I can say to that is … Continue reading
Labservatism: old phenomenon, new name
I was greatly amused earlier when I saw this website, advertising the Labservative Party. Of course, unfortunately the Labservatives aren’t a real party (aww), they are a spoof party serving to highlight a worrying trend that this blog also highlighted … Continue reading
Yet more confusion from Plaid
On the 9th of February, the Liberal Democrats tabled a series of amendments to the Constitutional Reform & Governance Bill, which in place of the government’s amendment for a referendum on the Alternative vote system, had a referendum and outlined … Continue reading
