Roll on 6th May

I’m finally back home after a hectic day. I was up at 7am this (yesterday) morning, then caught a very rare sight, a relatively empty rush-hour train to London, and relatively empty tube to Westminster - loads of spare seats for once! Then it was a quick walk over to County Hall for the Conservatives [...]

Lib Dems not winning here

The Lib Dems and Labour seem to have given up across large swathes of Reading East, with no tellers or activity spotted at any polling stations in Caversham, Peppard, Mapledurham, Thames, Abbey and Park wards (possibly more, I didn’t visit every polling station). Probably not a surprise for Labour, however the Lib Dems have been [...]

Reading East or Reading West?

It’s long been known that Martin Salter likes to attend photo opportunities in Reading East, this seems to have been confirmed by a letter to the Reading Chronicle today, signed “Martin Salter MP, Reading East”.
Just to confirm… Martin Salter is the Labour MP for Reading West, Rob Wilson is the Conservative MP for Reading East.