Archive for the 'by-elections' Category
I mentioned it once – but I think I got away with it
Yazan: sarabedford | 16 June 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: by-elections, Conservatives, David Cameron, Europe
So after signing his party up to a ragtag bunch of right-wing political parties in the European Parliament, with comrades that include Latvians who celebrate the Waffen SS and Poles who seek to oppose the ‘Germanisation’ of Europe, David Cameron might be believed to have a strange view of Europe and Germany’s distant Nazi past. [...]
Don't be ghoulish, don't be foolish
Yazan: sarabedford | 14 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: by-elections, Gordon Brown, Scotland, SNP
There’s nothing like a by-election to get us political types excited – anything from a Parish Council to a Parliamentary seat will do. Most of us of all parties are sent scrambling for the statistics and background to see what the chances are. It’s important to remember that behind many by-elections is a tragedy – [...]
Too early, or too late?
Yazan: sarabedford | 05 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: by-elections, LibDems
I was intrigued by an entry on the LibDem Blogs listings, which has been automatically harvested from the ALDC RSS feed. This states: Liberal Democrat campaigners and activists are needed to help Elizabeth Stenton, the Liberal Democrat candidate in the Crewe and Nantwich Parliamentary by-election. Elizabeth is working hard for people in Crewe and Nantwich, [...]
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
Yazan: sarabedford | 25 July 2008 | No Comments
Categories: by-elections
Waking up to the news that the SNP have won the Glasgow East by-election on a 22.4% swing from Labour made me look at the list of previous by-elections to see how it ranked. So here’s some of the favourites that I remember and a few others. 44.2% Bermondsey Liberal Simon Hughes gained the highest [...]
