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By Mark Bahnisch on September 21, 2010
Peter Mandelson‘s memoir, The Third Man, was timed for maximum impact, being released just after the British election this year. Mandelson’s musings were condemned as unhelpful by the full gamut of UK Labour figures (including Tony Blair, who was perhaps [...]
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Foreign Elections, Politics | Tagged Book review, British politics, David Miliband, gordon brown, herbert morrison, neo-liberalism, New Labour, Peter Mandelson, the third man, Tony Blair, UK election 2010 |
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 Mark Bahnisch on May 6, 2010
Voting begins in the UK election at 7.00am GMT, which is 5.00pm AEST. This is an open thread for discussion, predictions, links, and such! NB: Previous LP discussion of the election can be found here.
Posted in Foreign Elections, International | Tagged 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 22, 2010
The British media and conservative establishment is throwing the kitchen sink at the Liberal Democrats, in an attempt to contain their surge in support [previous discussion on LP here]. The Daily Mail has gone feral, the Murdoch tabloids have gone [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Markets, Polls | Tagged capital, Conservative Party, debates, democracy, election debates, hung parliament, IMF, Kenneth Clarke, Labour, leaders debates, Liberal Democrats, Markets, Nick Clegg, Polls, Tories, UK election 2010 |
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 January 14, 2010
2010 is going to be a year of elections. In Australia, we have three state elections – Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, and almost certainly a federal poll*. In Britain, the Labour party’s future is on the line; the same [...]
Posted in Elections, Federal Elections, Foreign Elections, International, Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, Coalition, coup, Elections, Federal Election 2010, Geoff Hoon, GFC, global financial crisis, gordon brown, Guardian, Hawke government, ideology, keating government, Labour party, Liberal Party, liberals, Lord Mandelson, Media, New Labour, Patricia Hewitt, South Australian election 2010, Tasmanian eleciton 2010, the city, Tony Abbott, Tony Blair, treasury line, UK election 2010, Victorian election 2010 |
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