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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Hove set to be a three way marginal if exceptional candidates are selected
Earlier this week I speculated on the prospects of the three parties in Brighton Kemptown and Brighton Pavilion in 2015. Some correspondents have said it is hot air to speculate so far off, that there are many twists and turns between now and then: how the Green administration will fair, the state of the economy [...]
Needed: Badguy flashcards for politicians
Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson pictured with Ripudaman Singh Malik Related: Dosanjh files complaint over publicly funded school’s boost to rival
Source: http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2011/04/needed-badguy-flashcards-for-politicians/
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Funny old game
As we await the result of the referendum on changing our voting system I can't help noticing that proportional representation has delivered a stable, majority government in Scotland whilst good, old fashioned first past the post produced a hung parliament and a coalition in Westminster.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2011/05/funny_old_game.html
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'Paddy Ashdown with whiskers'
I confess that I am a tad sceptical about the hyperbolic and choreographed displays of anger within the coalition about the alternative vote (AV). Usually in my job the language and the sentiment you hear in private from politicians is much more colourful than that uttered in public. Indeed, this difference is one of the reasons I have a job at all. At the moment, though, I am struck by the fact that at the top of the government it is the other way round.
Having praised the Grand Old Man as "obviously a brilliant man who did some extraordinary things for his country", the prime minister went on something of a contemporary riff telling me:
"The only problem with Gladstone" was that "there is something a bit sanctimonious, you know - I was going to say Paddy Ashdown with whiskers", before adding hurriedly "that's a bit unfair on Paddy Ashdown".
The interview was recorded not long after Paddy's all guns blazing amphibious assault on David Cameron for allowing the No campaign to target Nick Clegg personally. Ashdown, you may recall, was once the boss of David Cameron's Chief of Staff Ed Llewelyn - the two worked together in Bosnia - and still calls from time to time to pass on his views. Now that is one private conversation which, I suspect, did live up to the public rhetoric.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2011/04/paddy_ashdown_w.html
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?Undercover Boss? workers to get rewards
Remember the Mayor Mallory episode of Undercover Boss? On Tuesday, the employees will get the rewards promised them at the end of the March 6 show. Here’s the release: Press Advisory Mayor Mark Mallory For Immediate Release: Friday, May 27, 2011 Undercover Mayor to Present Employees from Undercover Boss with Rewards from the Show Cincinnati [...]
Source: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2011/05/27/undercover-boss-workers-to-get-rewards/
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Redirkulous Rumor Patrol: Nowitzki Is Not Engaged, ESPN Says
Earlier today, mediatakeout.com reported that Dirk Nowitzki was engaged to Dallas art curator Jessica Olsson, who, if my Google fingers are correct, is/was the collections manager for the Goss-Michael Foundation.
But then ESPN confirmed that the report was erroneous. So there you go.
But before I end with that, let me give other media outlets who kinda [...]
But then ESPN confirmed that the report was erroneous. So there you go.
But before I end with that, let me give other media outlets who kinda [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dmagazine/frontburner/~3/5SM3Suy30-A/
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