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By Mark Bahnisch on May 13, 2010
I have an article at the ABC’s The Drum today about the British election and its aftermath, focusing on how much change the eventual deal implies. NB: Previous LP British election coverage here. Update: Interesting piece from Seumas Milne.
Posted in Foreign Elections | Tagged abc, British politics, Coalition, conservatives, cuts, David Cameron, deficit, electoral reform, first past the post, GFC, gordon brown, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mark Bahnisch, the drum, Tories, UK election 2010 |
By Mark Bahnisch on May 10, 2010
The Guardian is reporting that Nick Clegg will announce within 24 hours whether the Liberal Democrats will go into Coalition with the Conservatives or support a minority Tory administration or join a “Progressive Alliance” comprising Labour, the SNP, Plaid Cymru [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections | Tagged Coalition, conservatives, David Cameron, David Miliband, economy, electoral reform, first past the post, GFC, gordon brown, Greece, hung parliament, Labour, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, pact, Plaid Cymru, PR, recession, referendum, SNP, Tories, UK election 2010 |
By Mark Bahnisch on May 7, 2010
Clearly, the results of the UK election are inconclusive – Labour doing much better than expected, and the Liberal Democrats worse, with the Tories falling short of a majority. Similarly, the regional pattern is quite varied – with Labour holding [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, International, Politics | Tagged conservatives, electoral reform, England, first past the post, gordon brown, hung parliament, Labour, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, New Labour, Nick Clegg, Peter Mandelson, Scotland, Tories, UK election 2010 |
By Kim on May 5, 2010
The Tories have a plan in the event of a hung parliament; declare victory anyway. Read all about it at the Fabian Society’s Next Left blog. NB: Previous LP discussion of the UK election here.
Posted in Foreign Elections | Tagged Conservative Party, conservatives, constitution, coup, David Cameron, Fabian Society, hung parliament, monarchy, next left, Tories, UK election 2010 |
By Mark Bahnisch on May 4, 2010
LBJ used to tell a story about an old Southern Senator who, depressed by the repetitive politics of race baiting and populism, yearns to return to his state one last time to give a “good old Democratic speech”. Today, Gordon [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Politics | Tagged Citizens UK, conservatives, David Miliband, electoral system, fairness, first past the post, gordon brown, ideology, Labour, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, marginal consituencies, New Labour, Peter Mandelson, socialism, Speech, tactical voting, Tories, Tory party, UK election 2010, youtube |
By Kim on April 20, 2010
Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg’s performance in the first of three televised debates in the UK election has become something of a game changer, leading to a surge for his party, now ahead of the pack in one poll, and [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections | Tagged campaign strategy, conservatives, election debates, electoral system, first past the post, gordon brown, Guardian, House of Commons, leaders debates, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Polls, seats, televised debates, UK election 2010, UK politics |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 2, 2010
… and no, I won’t be posting a photo of Tony Abbott in any form of swimwear to answer that question. But it’s interesting to observe the blue thread that runs through all of Abbott’s pronouncements – a mindset that [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Climate change, Economics, Elections, Howardia, Markets, Philosophy, Policy, Politics | Tagged Authoritarianism, classic liberalism, climate change policy, Coalition, conservatism, conservatives, dirgisme, economic policy, Economics, Federal Election 2010, free markets, Howardism, ideology, Liberal Party, libertarians, Markets, Nationals, neo-liberalism, paternalism, the state, Tony Abbott |
By Kim on November 10, 2008
We’ve heard all this before. Remember when Kevin Rudd won, and we were told his election was a victory for John Howard? Right wing commentators couldn’t have been quicker out of the starting blocks to proclaim “America is still a [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Media, Sociology, USA | Tagged barack obama, conservatives, Democratic Party, demographics, electoral analysis, GOP, John McCain, liberals, realignment, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Phil on October 15, 2008
Liberals 76 (26%), Conservatives 143 (38%), NDP 37 (18%), BQ 50 (10%), Greens 0 (7%), Other 2 (1%) The Canadian election is all over and the result is yet another minority government for the Conservatives. The turnout was low and [...]
Posted in Elections, Federal Elections, Foreign Elections, Politics | Tagged bloc quebecois, canadian, conservatives, election, greens, jack layton, liberals, NDP, Stéphane Dion, stephen harper |
By Phil on October 10, 2008
The Canadian Election has finally reached its final weekend (Tuesday vote) with all the usual campaign he said/she said stops along the way to polling day and strangely featuring an episode of duelling plagiarists, one which drew our very own [...]
Posted in Elections, Foreign Elections, International, Politics | Tagged Bloc, canada, canadian election, conservatives, greens, liberals, NDP, Stéphane Dion, stephen harper |
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