Posted on May 9, 2017. Tags: Brexit, Conservative, Democracy, Labour, Media, Political Communication, polling, Polls, Spin, UKIP
By Daniel Shaw and Claire Elliott Political polls are making a fast comeback after failing to correctly predict either Brexit or the election of Donald Trump. Following the highpoint of Nate Silver’s flawless prediction of Obama’s 2008 victory, these embarrassing failures blew up in the face of both polling companies and liberal orthodoxy. These failures were […]
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Posted in Europe, UK News, US, World
Posted on May 2, 2015. Tags: Alex Salmond, British, Conservatives, David Cameron, DUP, Ed Milliband, Election, Independence Referendum, Labour, Legitimacy, Nick Clegg, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics, Scotland, Scottish independence, Tories, UK, UKIP, Unionism, United Kingdom, Vernon Bogdanor, Westminster
The Conservative party has this week been briefing about the possibility of a Labour government supported by the SNP leading to a constitutional crisis. However, this crisis may be largely of their own making. Polls currently suggest that the Conservatives will be the largest party in Westminster, both in terms of vote share and seats, […]
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Posted in UK News, World
Posted on January 2, 2015. Tags: European Union, eurozone crisis, Germany, Immigration, Merkel, Racism, UK, UKIP, United Kingdom
I haven’t been wildly impressed by how Angela Merkel has handled the eurozone crisis, but this speech to the German people shows why (for my money) she’s easily the most impressive political leader in Europe, if not the world, right now. At a time when too many UK politicians have been pandering to extreme tendencies in a craven attempt […]
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Posted in Economic Security, Europe, Germany, Global Economy, Refugees, World
Posted on June 20, 2014. Tags: Alex Salmond, Business, European Union, Norway, Politics, Politics News, Scotland, Scotland's Referendum, Scottish independence, SNP, UK Economy, UK Politics News, UKIP
This piece was originally published in Huffington Post on 20 February 2014 Apart from 2014 being the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, the year Glasgow hosts the Commonwealth Games, and that Scotland plays host to the Ryder Cup, the vote on Scottish independence is also being held 100 years after the outbreak of […]
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Posted in Europe, Scottish Independence, World