Anne Hooper, Kate Roberts, Dick & Brian Barder: 18 Jan 2005
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- How to vote on Thursday: a minority Labour government would be the best outcome
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@Brian, You say: <em>"And secondly, my rough guess is that 10 per cent or more of the votes cast for ... - Brian on 16th July
Brian replies to Peter Martin: I don't accept for a minute that criticism of the leader of the Labour party, ... - Peter Martin on 29th June
Brian, Just a couple of years ago you wrote: "I’m prepared to risk the prediction that the Labour party with ... - Oliver Miles on 22nd June
For the elusive website try https://secure. avaaz.org/campa ign/en/no_deal_ no_brexit_loc/? rc=fb&pv=88 - Brian Barder on 21st June
Brian writes: In reply to Barrie: I agree that terms like "rich" and "wealthy" can cover a multitude of sins. ... - Peter Martin on 3rd August
I suppose the key concession would have to be on freedom of movement. By far the majority of people in ... - Kevin Jones on 3rd August
Cameron was dead meat by the time he tried to get concessions from the EU and May is going about ... - William Spurgeon on 3rd August
I think the EU is prepared to make concessions - in fact, it made concessions to Cameron on migrants' benefits ... - Acilius on 2nd August
The referendum was a paradoxical idea from the start. Leave was always going on about the importance of Britain's constitutional ... - Peter Martin on 2nd August
I don't believe it would be too hard to get a majority for staying in the EU, but there would ... - Don Knibbs on 24th July
Thanks for sharing all of that information. I'm related to Sarah's husband, Edwin George Knibbs. - Brian on 16th July
Thanks for this, David. I too am lucky enough to be represented in parliament by an excellent and independent minded ... - Brian on 16th July
Brian writes in reply: Thank you, Martin. I certainly didn't mean to suggest that the Labour party itself is "anti-capitalis t", ... - David Campbell on 8th July
Our newly elected Labour MP, Martin Whitfield, put his name to the Chuka Umunna amendment. For what it's worth, I've ... - Peter Martin on 6th July
"substituting his own antiquated and far-fetched view of the EU as a capitalist conspiracy. " Is this a fair representation ... - Acilius on 13th June
One question we might ask is, which members of parliament want a new election this year? If we assume that ... - sentinel on 11th June
The most pressing matter is surely Brexit, and in particular the forthcoming negotiations. A hard Brexit now seems to be ... - Phil on 10th June
Total Commons seats 650, -7 Sinn Fein, -4 Speaker & 3 Dep. Speakers = 639, x 1/2 + 1 = ... - David Campbell on 10th June
But for the Conservative resurgence in Scotland, Labour would almost certainly have been able to form a minority government. But ... - Rob on 9th June
With the arithmetic as it stands it would be almost impossible for labour to have stitched together a "confidence and ... - Older »
More heresies on the election arithmetic and the manifestos (9 comments)
Was the 2016 Brexit referendum binding on parliament or the government? Answer: No. (5 comments)
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Stop Brexit! Time for the Labour majority to stand up and be counted (4 comments)
The 2017 Election Arithmetic and its consequences (5 comments)