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  • Interview: Tim Archer

    Interview: Tim Archer

    4th May 2010 | 1 comments | 2 people like this

    Tim Archer is the Conservative PPC for Poplar and Limehouse. Why did I ask him for an interview? Well, apart from the fact that Poplar and Limehouse is my constituency, it's also a very interesting seat. Over to UK Polling Report:
    Poplar and Limehouse is perhaps the most surprising seat on the Conservative target list, requiring a swing of just under 6%, the same sort of figure as more obvious targets...

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  • Labour’s manifesto met by headscratching and crowdsourcing

    Labour’s manifesto met by headscratching and crowdsourcing

    12th April 2010 | 3 comments | 1 person likes this

    Labour launched their manifesto today. There's no point in me repeating much of what's already been said, but I would recommend these analyses: Guido Fawkes, Nick Robinson, Adam Boulton. Also, have a look at the real thing, especially the video, which is... er, well, let me hand over to Sky's Glen Oglaza for a moment.

    I am trying to be less partisan on this blog for various reasons, but today presents...

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  • Twitter claims its first scalp of the election

    Twitter claims its first scalp of the election

    9th April 2010 | 1 comments | 3 people like this

    It was always going to happen. Today Stuart MacLennan, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Moray (it's in Scotland), was sacked because of tweets he posted before he was selected. Quite brilliantly he is quoted as saying in the past, ""Iain Dale reckons the biggest gaffes will likely be made by candidates on Twitter - what are the odds it'll be me?"

    Obviously you'll be wondering what he said, so if you're...

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  • How to beat the BNP

    How to beat the BNP

    10th June 2009 | 3 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    The news that the British National Party won two seats in the European Parliament following last Thursday's elections has been greeted with the usual soundbite-driven hysteria. Nick Clegg, David Cameron, Harriet Harman etc waded into the compulsory game of tough-talking politicians have to play on occasions such as this. The person who sounds most outraged and "sickened" wins; nobody sees it as helpful or relevant but they feel they've done...

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  • If You (Don’t) Go Down To The Polls Today

    If You (Don’t) Go Down To The Polls Today

    4th June 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    Be in no doubt, things are a little unusual at the moment. It’s difficult to know where to look for any semblance of normality, but then why would you want to do that? There is too much fun to be had gawping at the news fallout from the implosion of politics, and more recently the plastic knife backstabbings of what has become a pretty thundery Cabinet picnic. The small matter...

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Clark Hogan-Taylor

Clark Hogan-Taylor

Inbetween shouting at the news and his unreliable coffee machine, Clark Hogan-Taylor will be satirising and commenting on today's political news.