Tag Archives: UK

A Fairer Way to Vote?

So today the UK went to the polling stations to vote in national and local elections but also on a referendum on how we elect our MPs. There have been many adverts and TV broadcast both for and against the Alternative Vote (AV) system and it’s a shame how it’s all been done. There’s nothing [...]

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Hung Parliament Then

So after weeks of posturing, live TV debates and canvassing the UK has ended up with a hung Parliament. In all honesty this is nothing strange for a democratic country so all the ho-ha is slightly over dramatic (as is the picture I chose). However it seems that everyone knew this would be the outcome [...]

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Ooh It’s Chilly Outside

Along with most of the UK I woke up to a very snowy scene this morning. One thing I love about snow is that it brings out the kid in most people. Unfortunately for me I had to go to work but on the upside it was decided we could leave at 3pm which was [...]

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More Public Holidays?

So I received an e-mail in my inbox today (one of many after my host had issues on its cluster servers) one of which was from Number10.gov.uk. Now I’ve put my name down on a few petitions that have been posted using Number10′s unique service. This particular one, though oddly worded, was with regards to [...]

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