So, having reflected a couple of days ago on my resolutions for 2011, I’m going to look back over the last 10 years, the decade often known as the “naughties”. Year-by-year, what happened in Ogleyland?
Tag Archive: General Election 2010
Jan
01
2011
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Dec
10
2010
Resignation
I am resigning from the Liberal Democrats. This photo is my now cut-up membership card and below is a copy of the email I have sent to Membership Services: To whom it may concern, It is with great sadness that I resign my membership of the party. The actions and policies pursued by the party …
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Jul
27
2010
The Seven Link Challenge
Various people I follow on Twitter (RevdLesley, TheChurchMouse) have responded to the Seven Link Challenge – which is supposed to improve one’s blogging. There are seven categories of posts and you have to name one for each. I’ve been blogging for a long time (getting on towards ten years now, started on Advogato in 2001) …
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May
07
2010
No-one Won
It’s a hung parliament. You already knew that of course. I’ve not slept very much. You may not already know – or indeed care about – that. Anyway. What the results show is that this country desperately needs electoral reform. The Liberal Democrats had a great showing though you wouldn’t know if from the make-up …
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May
06
2010
Go Vote!
Today’s the day. You’ve heard the policies, you’ve seen the debates, you’ve read the comments. You may even have engaged directly yourself in some way by leafleting, tweeting or discussing the election over a pint. Today is the day to make it all count. Today is the day to make your decision. If you don’t …
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May
04
2010
Thursday is fast approaching
Two days to go. Our chance to change politics and change our nation for the better is at hand. Vote Liberal Democrat
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May
03
2010
Three days to go – with whom to deal?
Three days to go until the most significant General Election in generations. Significant because we have a genuine chance of changing politics, of doing away with the decades-old hegemony of the two old parties. The Liberal Democrats are poised to be at least the second-placed party in terms of the popular vote, if not the …
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May
01
2010
Unscientific poll
This is totally unscientific and if you want to see the professionally executed polls, click here. That being said, it’s interesting. There’s a poll on Facebook at the moment asking who people want to be the next Prime Minister. Here’s a screengrab of the current results: So, just to be clear, that’s 46% for Nick …
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Apr
28
2010
Single Transferable Vote
@pintofsimilar asked earlier how a Single Transferable Vote system produces a result that is closer to the will of the electorate than our current First Past The Post system. I said I’d explain and then totally forgot. I just remembered. From here on in, the two options are STV and FPTP and if I refer …
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Apr
27
2010
First they ignore you
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win — Mahatma Ghandi. This seems to sum up the experience of the Liberal Democrats in respect of the two old parties so far. At the outset of the election campaign, they thought they could ignore Nick Clegg and the Lib …
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