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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Another reason why Labour’s 35% strategy was so wrong: the mysterious disappearance of the three-way marginal
A lot’s been said in the two weeks since the election about the folly of Labour’s 35% strategy – the theory that cobbling together its core vote plus a few ex-Lib Dems to reach a 35% vote share would be … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Ed Miliband, Elections, Labour, Lib Dems, Politics
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A storm in a teacup: the Guardian misses the point about Charles’ black spider memos
Dear Minister, Thank you so much for joining me at the inaugural symposium of my Global Bear Preservation Initiative at Clarence House recently. I know that I will be lampooned by so-called “modernisers” as a inexcusable old stick-in-the mud, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Guardian, History, Media, Politics, Royal Family
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Complacent, patronising and stuck in the past: Labour’s 2015 campaign was doomed from the start
A few days before the election I committed what some may consider to be an act of treachery. Without telling anyone I logged on to a gambling website and put £5 on the Tories winning an outright majority. I did … Continue reading
In the last days of the election campaign Labour should talk about three things: housing, housing and housing
“We are not in principle opposed to right to buy but the Tory plan doesn’t work,” said Ed Miliband at the leaders’ debate on April 15th. “Any plan based on right to buy has to mean there are more houses, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Elections, Greenwich, Housing, Labour, Politics
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