The YouGov poll of about a week ago put the High Peak seat into the category of ‘tossup’ which I take to be a comment on the difficulty of predicting the winner. This is hardly surprising since it was a somewhat unexpected Labour gain last time around. Because I have a soft spot for the…
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Election watch (15) – my choice apparently
Not exactly an honest description of the choice facing the voters of Corby, is it? I’ll be voting for the Labour candidate, Beth Miller, whose existence the Conservative candidate seems to fail to acknowledge… One factor is that of the three candidates standing in Corby (there is a LibDem too, Chris Stanbra) then two of…
Election watch (14) – A Labour plan for nature
At last! A serious and detailed plan for nature from a political party; 46 pages on how government can, and a Labour government would, save nature. Here are some quotes, rather a lot of quotes, from the document followed by my analysis of whether it is any good or not. I am pretty sure that…
Last chance to vote (until the general election anyway)
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Voting for the Birdwatch magazine’s Birders’ Choice awards closes tomorrow – the end of November. I’ve written about soe of my choices: Guano Award Conservation Hero Book of the Year, News of the Year, Site of the Year Campaign of the Year But there are other categories and of course you don’t have to take…
Election watch (13)
I answered every question on this site about my beliefs and found that I was: 88% in agreement with the Greens 86% in agreement with the LibDems 83% in agreement with Labour 35% in agreement with Conservatives 29% in agreement with Brexit No surprises there then. But a bit of a relief! I thought it…
Election watch (12) – an important, albeit dull, sentence
The Labour manifesto contains this sentence, We will maintain and continuously improve the existing EU standards of environmental regulation. A Green Industrial Revolution. Environment. This promise does not appear to be hedged around (although hedges are of course good things). So I am taking this to mean that, if elected, a Labour government would seek…
Election watch (11) – leaving parliament
In the excitement over who might be elected or re-elected to the Westminster parliament on 12 December we should just note those former MPs who are not standing for re-election. There are quite a lot of them – 76 in all. This includes four former DEFRA ministers: Caroline Spelman (a good Secretary of State), Richard…
Election watch (10) – make this the climate change election
Now we have seen the Labour, LibDem, Brexit, Green and Conservative manifestos we can compare the futures they offer. If this is the Brexit election then you probably know where the different parties stand on that issue. If you want a poor Leave deal then vote Conservative. If you want an even worse Leave deal…
Election watch (9) – the Conservative manifesto
Here are my first thoughts on the Conservative Party manifesto – it’s a large document but fairly easy to read. What follows is a series of quotes from the manifesto (in order and with a reference to the section in which they appear) and then I make some remarks about it at the foot of…
Election night opportunity?
I’ll be at home that evening; whether celebrating or bursting into tears, it will be best done in private. Ralph Underhill hopes to be back soon in his regular Saturday morning slot.