There will be plenty to say on the national level of politics soon, but for now I'm keeping it parochial.  Shortly after 9 a.m. yesterda...

Houghton & Sunderland South LAB HOLD LAB HOLD Results Gene...

Just finished a 2-hour stint of telling at the polls, in my ultra-marginal division (supposedly a prime Labour target).  First observations:...

Whilst being a bit too busy to blog much (been twittering more at @Cityunslicker as that can be done more easily on the move), we have nearl...

The premier league relegation hit Brexiteers have been the first declared UK election result of the night for six years running. Houghton a...

We all have several good reasons to fear the septic pin-pricks being inflicted upon us in the abominable current terror campaign.  This prob...

Economist endorses the Liberal Democrats.   The Economist magazine long ago followed the FT down the Eurohole. Chasing a federalist whi...

never thought I would have to write at all about what a hard left might do. In all the hullabaloo over the election and the government  su...

Longtime readers will be familiar with my decade-long refrain that the French badly need other countries to dig them out of their nuclear ...

Not really what anyone was expecting a few weeks ago in the UK. However, Labour's message of hope (er, free stuff for all) versus May...

In surreal way, the launch of the UKIP manifesto is very well timed today. No doubt the liberal left will be making fun jokes about h...