This blog was left in a bad state a while back. I’ve now re-imported all the old posts, thought the image assets appear to be missing, or badly linked.
May 11, 2010
Events moving fast in the UK
Events are moving fast. Follow the Twitter feed. BBC is switching to David Dimbelby and their election team for live coverage.
May 10, 2010
Brown to resign; Lib Dems open talks with Labour
Well, so much for the post I was about to write. Within the last hour, PM Gordon Brown announced that he will step down as Labour leader within a few months, triggering a leadership contest. I therefore intend to ask the Labour Party to set in train the processes needed for its own leadership election. [...]
May 7, 2010
UK General Election, May 2010 — Final Result
With all* of the 650 constituencies having now declared, we now know the full results of the General Election.
Overall national swing: 5% from Labour to Conservative
Full results, from the BBC, after the cut.
May 6, 2010
Live(-ish) blogging the UK results
Midnight: So with most seats declared, the Conservatives will be just short of a majority. Let the horse trading begin. 10:40pm: Frankly, I am not surprised that the air was let out of the Lib Dems’ tires, but I am surprised by the scale of it. I completely expected some Lib Dem success. 10:35pm: Finally, [...]
May 6, 2010
BBC Election Night coverage
If you’ve never seen how the British do election night, especially the BBC’s main coverage, check it out today. Festivities begin 5 minutes before the polls close at 9:55pm British Summer Time. In the US, that 4:55pm EDT / 1:55pm EDT. The main coverage runs overnight in the UK, until 6am BST/1am EDT/10pm PDT. A [...]
May 6, 2010
UK Election Day
Voting is underway in all but one of the 650 parliamentary constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Due to the death of a candidate, there will be no polling in one constituency, Thirsk and Malton — a by-election will instead be held there May 27. The polling date was chosen to correspond with [...]
May 5, 2010
UK Newspaper Endorsements
The Times: Conservatives The Guardian: Liberal Democrats The Daily Express: Conservatives Sunday Express – Conservatives Financial Times – Conservatives Independent – undeclared Independent on Sunday – undeclared Daily Mail – Conservatives Mail on Sunday – Conservatives Daily Mirror – Labour Sunday Mirror – Labour News of the World – Conservatives Observer – Liberal Democrats People [...]
May 4, 2010
Meanwhile here in the US
It is primary election day in Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina. No time to follow results closely here, so I will direct you to the Swing State Project.
May 4, 2010
UK Election Maps
I encourage people to take a look at the Guardian’s interactive election map. Its default view is the interesting one: one square per constituency. Just like how geographic maps of the US do not show the relative voting strength of each state, but maps are constructed that do, this gives you a much better idea [...]
April 27, 2011
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