Category Archives: Political Parties
Yet another by-election defeat for Labour
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple of days, or try to avoid the political section of the media, you will probably have heard about Labour’s disaster in Glasgow East, where they lost the seat in … Continue reading
Johnson closes in on Livingstone
The Guardian reports that Ladbrokes has cut the odds on Boris Johnson succeeding Ken Livingstone as mayor of London, as polls last night appeared to swing in favour of the bumbling blonde MP. Whilst the betting shops don’t always get … Continue reading
From yellow to blue
Here’s something you don’t hear every day, a Liberal Democrat defecting to the Conservative party. Not only is this an unusual switch—what with the Lib Dems consisting largely of rejects from other parties—but it gives the Tories their first council … Continue reading
New UK political party: Animals Count
New animal rights party launching There’s a new party called Animals Count about to launch into the UK political arena. It’s linked to a Dutch party which won two seats in the last elections in Holland and it’s policies appear … Continue reading
More female Tory MPs on the horizon?
Conservative leader David Cameron has announced new measures to bolster his existing plans to get more female MPs into the party. He has already been pushing pro-female measures for some time, but the new rules go even further than before. … Continue reading
New logo for the Conservatives?
There has been some speculation over the last week about the possibility of the Conservative Party adopting a new logo to replace the symbolic hand carrying a torch that has been used since 1977. The torch itself underwent a makeover … Continue reading
Greens looking towards electoral success
Greens outline electoral campaign via BBC News – Politics With a degree of confidence not normally held by minority parties, the Green Party has announced that it will be fielding over 1,300 candidates in this year’s local elections, contesting over … Continue reading
Campbell is new Lib Dem leader
After a bitter leadership contest lasting two months and dogged by various revelations about the candidates, Sir Menzies Campbell has emerged as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats. The current Party President, Simon Hughes – initially thought to be … Continue reading
Oaten resigns over sex scandal
Mark Oaten, who was at one point a contender for the position of leader of the Liberal Democrats, quit the front bench last night over allegations of his involvement with male prostitutes during the last six months. The announcement came … Continue reading
And it’s goodnight from him
After several days of speculation, allegations (and later acceptance) of drink problems, murmerings of discontent within the party and finally an ultimatium of “you go or we will” from 21 MPs, Charles Kennedy has finally stood down from the position … Continue reading