I voted Liberal Democrat, but does that make me a Liberal Democrat? I don’t know the answer to my own question, which is why I am posing it to the world. Not that I expect a definitive answer, but you’re quite welcome to try, dear reader!
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So the polls open in just a few hours now, and the British People will decide, but please once and for all this time let us change the unfair voting system. Vote Liberal Democrat.
The Guardian has finally decided to throw its weight behind the Liberal Democrats with their full endorsement. About time!
But while it is very welcome in my opinion – is it too late and too close to polling day to really make a difference?
Gordon Brown calls Labour supporter a ‘bigoted woman’ This was the day, when if there was ever any doubt at all, that Gordon Brown blew the election. He was in the North West today – in Rochdale near Manchester “meeting the people” when Labour voter Gillian Duffy challenged him on the economy, pensions, immigration and education.
I agree with Nick, do you agree with Nick? Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats are in dreamland this weekend after a huge post-debate surge for the LibDems. Will they be able to keep this momentum up until the election and will it translate into a hung parliament? (Or a Liberal Democrat government, dare we dream!?) It all remains to be seen, but it has certainly turned what looked like a boring election into a very interesting one. As Nick Clegg himself put it, “all bets are off.” And so they are as all polls including youGov show a very strong showing from the “third party.”
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History in the making is happening on this very day. (Thursday 15 April 2010) No, not the unprecedented closure of British airspace, historical as that may have been! No, for the first time ever a Live Prime Ministerial debate during a British election campaign goes on the air from Manchester at 8PM on ITV. The debate is hosted by Alistair Stewart, and also broadcast on 5 Live and Radio 4. (which you can pick up online for those interested who are not in Britain) It has taken 50 years for something so commonplace in US elections to cross the Atlantic, a fact that might seem incredible to our American cousins. The reason why it has taken this long is that the leading politicians have never agreed terms with each other and with the television companies before. Change happens slowly in this country. Even now, 76 rules have been put in place such as no clapping or laughing during the questions and each leader gets just 1 minute to answer a question and then 4 minutes to debate. Bob Schafer of CBS News told BBC 5 Live that this is similar to what happened in the early days of Presidential debates.
Read more on Election 2010 – Manifesto and The First Debate…
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So Gordon Brown went to see the Queen today to ask to dissolve Parliament, and declared the date of the General Election to be exactly one month today, May 6th 2010.
And so it came to pass, on the feast of St David, in the 11th year of the 3rd Millennium that the eclectic musical settlement known as ‘Awesome 6 Music’ reached nationhood, just as the General ordered the attack on her defences.
A Labour backed bill to hold a referendum on voting reform has passed the first stage on it’s way to becoming law. MPs backed the referendum bill by 365 votes to 187 – a majority of 178.
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