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Category Archives: Political Parties
How much does one pay for a parliamentary seat?
This is clearly a question we have to ask if we want to make sure that money cannot buy influence, a question we need to tackle if we want increased diversity in parliament. I have been thinking about this for a while … Continue reading
Wolf in Shadow Chancellor’s Clothing
In an interview with the Independent yesterday Ed Balls has made the LibDems a not-so ‘big, open and comprehensive’ offer, asking them to cross the floor and to join Labour in a coalition. I think it would be much better now … Continue reading
Posted in Coalition, Current events, Political Parties, Politics
Tagged Coalition, Ed Balls, Nick Clegg
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The Welsh Budget and Political Perceptions
Welsh Labour has just managed to agree a deal with the Welsh Liberal Democrats (BBC Report), which will allow them to get their budget through the Assembly. The negotiations have gone on for weeks; all three opposition parties set conditions for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Memory, Political Parties, Politics, Welsh Politics
Tagged 2012 Local Elections, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Pupil Premium, Schools
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Labour’s Proposal for Electoral Reform for Wales
Welsh Labour has finally made a decision about its response to the changes in parliamentary constituency boundaries which will be introduced for 2015 (BBC report). They consider these changes unfair, which is hardly surprising. As a response - who’d have thought it … Continue reading
Democracy – Worth Paying For?
Every few years, the issue of party funding comes up as a matter of negotiation between the main parties. Usually it remains a matter for the wonks before it disappears again, since it is very difficult to find any agreement, … Continue reading
Coalition Counterfactual
Two days ago, the New Stateman’s Staggers blog published a little sample of ‘what if?’ politics by David Mills, a little glimpse of a world where Nick Clegg refused David Cameron’s offer of May 2010, the Conservatives and LibDems embarked on … Continue reading
Party Conferences and the Democratic Process
or: Tory Conference is a Different Country – They Do Things Differently There… This autumn I went to my first federal party conference. Liberal democrat conferences have a long agenda of policy debates where arty policy is decided by the attending … Continue reading
Posted in Party Conferences, Political Parties, Politics
Tagged Conservatives, Debates, Democracy, Liberal Democrats, Party Conferences, Policy, Political Parties, Tories
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