You’ll know this – the Economist has backed David Cameron, though in a surprisingly reticent way: I can’t remember their New Labour endorsements being so coy as to leave a picture of an invisible man on the front cover. For the first time I can recall, the Economist is forced to explain why they are [...]
Archive for April, 2010
30 Apr
Tactical Voting swingometer updated
You can see it on the right, or download it here. Added features – look up a particular constituency and see how it does under your scenario. For interest, compare the two Tory majority scenarios I have put in. One has them just squeaking home on 40% of the vote; the other sees them disposing [...]
30 Apr
If the answer is Helicopter Money, how do you sell it?
Like I ranted yesterday, GDP is a very poor way of measuring how certain things are getting better. And my absolutely favourite example is how the Internet has revolutionized the ability to interact with and eavesdrop upon thinkers and teachers – whom one would previously have had to ambush in some University corridor. An example [...]
30 Apr
Matthew Engel of the FT on LibDem immigration policy
“There was one issue where the other two did turn on him: over his policy of an amnesty for long-standing illegal immigrants. And Mr Brown uttered the immortal and long-awaited phrase: “I agree with David.” It may or may not be coincidence that this is an issue where both men are almost certainly aware that [...]
29 Apr
Regional Swingometer introduced
It is a beta version (and forever will be). The idea here is that you can enter you own Labour to Conservative and Labour to LibDem swings by region, which means 11 * 2 different numbers. When you find one that is interesting, you can save it as a scenario. Then you can look at [...]
29 Apr
Letter from the Constitution Society
to the Financial Times is here. The Constitution Society, with CentreForum, staged five great events on this subject (the first is here). Their letter reminds us that much of what is wrong with government in this country is little to do with moats and duckhouses. Their recommendations seem excellent: * New legislation should be introduced [...]
29 Apr
Ignoring the Hippopotamus next door …
Well, if our own deficit is the Elephant in the Room, what is a nearby E300bn economy heading to bankruptcy? Will future post-election commentators wonder what on earth the Guardian was doing running so many different columns on bigotgate while the next economic crisis burst upon our shores? (to be fair to the Guardian, they [...]
29 Apr
Guardian podcast: the poverty of Marxism
The latest Business podcast featured Professor David Harvey, in the company of Julian Glover, Aditya Chakraborrty and Larry Elliott of the Guardian. Quick observations: is there a quicker, more insightful or more thoughtful commentator than Julian Glover anywhere? I’m not sure there is. Listen to this podcast just for his interventions about financial reform, [...]
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