Pollster Keiran Pedley joined me on Never Mind The Bar Charts to discuss what we can learn from the 2022 local elections and how Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems really did. Includes how I would have spun the results for Labour if I'd been in their press team and what Keiran thinks of my enthusiasm for the Liberal Democrat results. Feedback very welcome, and do share this podcast with others who you think may enjoy it. Show notes How useful are the local elections for telling us about national trends?Keir Starmer's approval ratings."Are you better off?" – Keiran's ...
As promised, here is a short film about the actor Graham Moffatt, who was landlord of The Swan, Braybrooke, between 1948 and 1958.
This post first appeared on the Radix UK blog... "The British people are prepared if necessary to be blown to atomic dust." So said Sir Alec Douglas-Home when he was prime minister. There are so many things wrong with that statement - yet it is also a quintessentially patrician and British way of putting it. Who are 'the British People' described here? Did he mean you and me? Because I don't remember ever consenting to being blown to atomic dust. Even worse, it was said by a man whose class probably meant that, personally, he would be inside a government ...
It really has been a long campaign! It has been a well-planned and executed campaign. It has been a campaign during which I met hundreds, if not thousands of residents. It has been a campaign, which started in October 2021. The outcome? A commanding victory for a number of candidates in Welwyn Hatfield, including Handside ward in Welwyn Garden City! Although I've already once had an opportunity to be as a Cllr, I feel a lot better prepared this time to serve my constituents. I still feel a bit tired, however overall I am happy and I feel privileged and ...
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DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 9 MAY 2022 Greenmarket (access road) - closed approximately 100m from junction with South Marketgait for sewer connection from Monday 25 April for 2 weeks. Hawkhill (Blackness Avenue to Bellfield Street) - closed eastbound from Thursday 5 May for 3 days for CityFibre works. Blackness Road (Peddie Street to Annfield Road) - 3 way temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 11 May for 4 days. This includes Blackness Street closure with local access from Annfield Street and Rosefield Place being left turn only for CityFibre ...
In contrast to England, the Welsh council seats being fought this year were last contested five years ago, in 2017. At that time, Jeremy Corbyn was at the height of his unpopularity, and the Tories were riding high in the polls, with Theresa May poised to plunge her party into a misguided and disastrous General Election. The base from which the opposition parties approached this year's elections, therefore, was not a very healthy one. In 2017, Welsh Labour had lost 112 seats and a number of councils to no overall control. In contrast, the Tories had gained 79 seats and ...
