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The Welsh re-Development Agency
February 9, 2012 07:02 -
An excuse to do nothing
February 8, 2012 07:02 -
When the thin blue line becomes a garrote
February 7, 2012 11:02 -
Providing a useful sex education
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A mirrored darkness
February 6, 2012 09:02
Posts Tagged ‘voting’
Get ready for a real green revolution
With the Lib Dems now a party of government who will represent the anti-politics electorate? Step forward the Green Party
X misses the spot
Even “yes” campaigners can’t bring themselves to fully endorse the Alternative Vote. Yet if you stop seeing proportionality as the goal, it is possibly the best electoral system on offer
Count me in – after a good night’s sleep
Does timing of electoral counts matter? Very much so, argues this campaigner with very direct recent experience
The moral maze
There is barely an area of social policy that does not have a European Treaty casting a shadow over it
Vote for change – change for voting
Far-reaching constitutional change proposed by the coalition Westminster Government reaches the House of Commons today. Here, a Plaid MP outlines his concerns about the consequences of this bill
Make voting compulsory
The Australian election was fought using compulsory voting. Isn’t it time we introduced it here, too?
They can’t wait to see the back of you
The election’s over, and to most voters it’s not a moment too soon
If they can train as soldiers, we should let them vote
They can pay £550m in taxation and fight in our name, but 16 and 17-year-olds still can’t vote. A long-term campaigner believes it is time to recognise and hear the views of 1.5m people in our country
Don’t know
The one constant in the leadership campaign has been the effusive praise the three contenders have heaped upon Rhodri Morgan. Today’s YouGov poll confirms why. Nearly two thirds of voters reckon the current FM has either performed fairly or very well. Only one in five think he’s done badly. A 44% net approval rating, then. [...]
A healthy scepticism
Question: Which area is the most devolved? Question: Which devolved area are voters most keen to be controlled by Westminster? If you answered “health” to both of the above you’ve been delving into the detail of today’s Welsh YouGov poll. Either that, or you’ve got a spooky feel for what the voters think. Somewhat amazingly, [...]
Decisions are made by those who turn up
The excellent Chris Dillow makes a rare but obvious error in his argument against the BNP’s forthcoming appearance on Question Time. Dillow claims that the BBC should not take the BNP’s recent 6.2% share of the vote at this year’s European Parliament elections as evidence of the party’s strength among voters. He quite accurately points [...]
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