Archive for the ‘british politics’ Category
Monday, June 5th, 2006
the Downing Street website aka tony's portal will be broadcasting an 'exclusive interview' with the Prime Minister tomorrow - and stop press! you will be able to ask him questions.
"The new forum is open to anyone and is an opportunity for the public to challenge the PM on any subject ...
Posted in Democracy, News & info, british politics, civil society, e-government, tony blair | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
Local elections are held across the UK this thursday 4th may.
Seats in each of 144 District, Borough, Metropolitan Borough and Unitary Councils outside of London, and all seats on the 32 London Borough Councils, are up for election.
For a full list check out the Electoral Commission
Also see About My ...
Posted in Local Government, London, News & info, UK, british politics | 4 Comments »
Friday, April 28th, 2006
well its been an eventful week (or month even) for the Labour Party. beset by trouble left right and centre. wednesday's been referred to as the 'triple whammy wednesday', with Charles Clarke, Patricia Hewitt and John Prescott all having signally lousy days. To say the least. So there's the whole ...
Posted in News & info, british politics | 2 Comments »
Saturday, February 25th, 2006
im off on travels. and when i return hopefully there will be plenty of material from my trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
in the meantime, here in London this weekend no doubt there will be plenty of rumination on Ken Livingstone's latest mishap - press headlines across the world are already screaming ...
Posted in London, News & info, Newspapers and Magazines, Politics, Thoughts, Travel, british politics | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Press Coverage -John Reid- Secretary of State for Defence - on the 'war against evil' in the Daily Express:
"Britain is waging a 'war against evil' - John Reid in an interview with the Daily Express expounded the following views:
"This is a war against evil, make no mistake," he ...
Posted in Globalization, International Relations, Irony, Newspapers and Magazines, british politics | 6 Comments »
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
"PM promised to be 'solidly behind' US invasion with or without UN backing"
Bush and Blair: what a pair of smirking faces..
Posted in Bush Administration, News & info, Politics, World Affairs: politics and news, british politics, iraq war | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
and David Cameron it is for leader of the Conservatives.
summary:
Davis - 64,398 votes
Cameron - 134,446 votes
More information and analysis on epolitix.com, including the reaction of other political leaders.
Posted in London, News & info, Party Politics, Politics, Tory leadership, World Affairs: politics and news, british politics | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
David Cameron is today expected to be named as the next leader of the Conservative Party.
The counting of the ballot papers began at 7.30am ( gosh..i don't envy that lot) at the London offices of the Electoral Reform Society, and the result will be announced - ta da! - ...
Posted in Events, London, News & info, Tory leadership, british politics | No Comments »