Smaller parties thrive as voters desert the ‘big three’
Elections over the past 40 years have seen the growing willingness of voters to desert Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem – a trend which continued in yesterday’s polls.
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Elections over the past 40 years have seen the growing willingness of voters to desert Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem – a trend which continued in yesterday’s polls.
There are no hard statistics available on outcomes yet, which means we effectively have to take the minister’s word for it.
Ranked second in the world, women’s taekwondo 67kg hopeful Sarah Stevenson says she will compete at London 2012 in memory of her parents, both of whom died last year.
A man found guilty of sending a ‘menacing tweet’ about Robin Hood Airport wins his appeal against his conviction.
Here’s the email leaked to Channel 4 News last Thursday the details of which I blogged on Friday. Some club chairmen say that Mr Regan should now resign as a result of what’s going on here, back on June 23rd. That is a matter for them.
“This is a shabby deal, as clearly many Chairmen recognise, which is why several leaked what Green said to me yards from the front steps of Hampden Park.”
Just into Glasgow after an illuminating day speaking to club chairmen and officials of Scottish football which right now appears in a state of something like civil war.
Will there not? Will there be a meeting even? Nothing is certain. My sources inside the Scottish Football League reckon that the voting for Division 3 is pretty much around the 50-50 mark right now. But any amount of events across coming days can alter that and probably will.
My sources are senior and widely respected figures in Scottish League Football and rarely have I heard men so angry about an invitation to a meeting, writes Alex Thomson.
With visions of a “barbecue summer” washed away, Britons resign themselves to flood alerts and road closures. F1 fans ignored the misery and muddy parking lots to catch Saturday’s qualifying session.
The day began unpromisingly, but at Hampden Park by mid-afternoon Rangers’ future was dealt with. Alex Thomson blogs on a momentous day in Scottish football.
A man found guilty of sending a “menacing” tweet was backed by comedians as he renewed his challenge against conviction earlier. Paul Chambers was flanked by Stephen Fry and Al Murray.
On the day of a speech designed to “defend the Union” the Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband speaks to Channel 4 News about national identity.
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on Rangers Football Club.
This is the time for leadership, from Scottish football’s governing bodies, from the chairmen of the SPL clubs – but above all from Rangers Football Club. As yet, I see little sign of leadership emerging, of men who see values, not just figures.