UK Local and General Election Debate

I’m seeing quite a few comments on my site about Climate Change Conspiracy theories etc… and having a scientific background thought I’d throw a challenge out to those who are Climate Change Conspiracy Believers. First my scientific background. I almost completed a BSc in Molecular Genetics at the University of Sussex about 20 years ago. [...]

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Al-Qaeda Leader and international terrorist Osama Bin Laden is dead. He was killed by American special forces on 1st May 2011 in a compound near Islamabad, Pakistan. “Justice has been done,” US President Barrack Obama The Pakistani Taliban are already threatening reprisal attacks against the US and Pakistani politicians.

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The Alternative Vote referendum on May 5th 2011 doesn’t appear to be catching the public’s attention, no one appears to care! AV Referendum NO Campaign “I believe in the principle of one person, one vote, but AV will mean the votes of some people get counted more than others,” Mr Cameron will say. David Cameron [...]

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Local elections will take place on Thursday 5 May 2011 in 279 English local authorities. Elections will also be held on the same day to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly. In Northern Ireland, elections to the existing 26 local councils are also due to be held on 5 May [...]

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Conservative Chancellor George Osborne sets out his plans to restart Britain’s flagging economy when he delivers a “Budget for growth”. Is this a budget for growth when all economic signs point to stagflation (stagnant growth and inflation!).

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The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) has been cancelled by the Tory led coalition government. Why The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) Was Important to Poor Children I’m forty years old which means when I was 16 there was nothing like EMA (under a Tory government), the same is true for my wife (a few years younger). [...]

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I don’t understand US politics particularly well, though we do watch The Daily Show by Jon Stewart religiously (if that’s representative of US politics, Americans are nuts!). Watching BBC News and the Democrats have held the Senate and the Republicans have gained control of The House of Representatives. Guess that means President Obama will find [...]

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October 20th 2010 coalition government comprehensive spending review, good fiscal management or ideological led Tory changes to government spending? With government spending cuts expected to be as high as 40% in some government departments over the course of this parliament, are we looking at the Conservatives taking advantage of economic strife by pushing for ideological [...]

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