Month: May 2010

Ok, so we were in with a shot of helping form a government. And then it turned out that Nick Clegg was just squeezing for a better deal with the Tories. Well, perhaps it’s for the best. Labour needs some time to reflect, and perhaps John Reid was right, it was too much clutching at… Continue reading The dust settles

Well, Gordon has effectively gone. Although I’m not exactly his number one fan as Prime Minister, I have to admit that he is a political heavyweight, a brilliant political strategist and was an outstanding Chancellor, and therefore a huge loss to Labour. And where are the rest of the political heavyweights – in ANY party,… Continue reading End of an era

So, a hung parliament is official, as of half an hour ago. The media, who have largely been braying of a Cameron walkover, were wrong (see front pages here). The Guardian, who foolishly talked of the “Liberal moment” having arrived, was wrong. The pundits were largely wrong. The exit polls, which no-one believed last night,… Continue reading Egg-on-face time for UK press

Well, the last week has seen a great example of the UK press showing its true right-wing colours. Across the press – and I say “press” rather than “media”, as the BBC, for instance, has been a lot more objective – everyone is trying to confidently predict a Cameron win, when the polls don’t actually… Continue reading Polling day 2010 – forget the press