GE2010 Revisited

11th May 2010 So Long, Gordon

And so, Goodbye Gordon. It was a good exit, statesmanlike and honest.

As I write, Cameron is leaving the Palace and heading towards Downing Street. We’re still waiting to hear the deal that’s been struck between the Tories and Lib Dems.

11th May 2010 End Game

Day umpteen of post-election negotiations has proceeded exactly as yesterday did. There’s been lots of to-ing and fro-ing, swinging of pendulums, announcements of crunch-times and wild speculation filling the hours but it’s still taken until late afternoon for anything substantive to…

10th May 2010 Clegg Calls the Shots

Nick “I’m not the Kingmaker” Clegg has been making the most of his Kingmaker status today to get the result that he wants.

This morning’s negotiation with the Tories went well by all accounts and both parties left to talk to their members of…

9th May 2010 Uncertainty, Certainty

Sunday morning and the fevered speculation continues. The Tories and Lib Dems will continue to meet and in all likelihood they will make some kind of agreement that enables the Tories to govern and Cameron to walk through the door of Number Ten as soon as possible…

7th May 2010 The Result?

I feel like I’ve gorged on the aftermath today.

I drove up to Rugby this morning, listening to the Today programme and then BBC Radio Five Live. After my meeting, I drove home to more of Five Live, mostly Peter Allen having fascinating and surreal…

2nd May 2010 The End of Days

So we’re into the final stage of the campaign. I can’t quite believe we’re here already: days away from making a critical decision informed by a shiny, rather silly procession over the last few weeks. The leaders debates were all very interesting but they have distracted us with…

28th April 2010 Oh Gordon!

Gordon Brown must be wondering what else could possibly come to pass. He must at least be thinking that it can’t get any worse.

Rookie mistake, radio mics are a modern evil and they have been the undoing of many, notably Kate Bush who left the stage after…

18th April 2010 Cameron Has Lost His Memory

Don’t be sucked in. Cameron’s talk of the Big Society sounds very nice, although many voters have told him that actually they’re rather too busy with their work and families to spend time running the local school as well. His line, which he says Samantha…

15th April 2010 Fight Night

So it’s Fight Night! The first ever live debate between the party leaders during a United Kingdom General Election.

The media is getting very hyped up about it and there is a raging debate on twitter regarding what hashtag should be used (although the…