I stayed up all evening to watch the results of the US elections results come in, watch John McCain give a very good concession speech, and watch Barack Obama give his first speech as President-Elect. Certainly a very interesting night, one thing is for sure, Obama has rewritten political campaigning in the US with huge [...]
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An interesting article from The Sunday Times here. Whoops, mind you it happened to us last year but was rumbled.
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Three quarters of people polled for a Populus poll for The Times think that Gordon Brown is a ‘loser’ - and nearly three fifths of those voted Labour in 2005.
It’s been a torrid time for Brown in recent months, 42 days, disastrous local and London Mayor elections, losing Crewe and Nantwich, losing deposit in Henley, [...]
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No surprise but the Conservatives won Henley with 57% of the vote….
There were however a few key points from this by-election:
The much trumpted Lib Dem by-election machine didn’t make any significant impact.
Labour lost their deposit with a humiliating 3% of the vote.
Labour lost 85% of their voters from 2005.
Richard McKenzie, the Labour candidate, didn’t even [...]
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Ever wondered what a returning officer does, well you can read David Buckle’s blog here, he’s the acting returning officer for the Henley by-election.
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I’m off to Goring in the next half an hour to go and campaign for John Howell in the Henley by-election. Looking skywards I may manage to stay dry.
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