Category Archives: elections

Ready, Steady, Go!

Today, the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom was dissolved, marking the official start of the campaign to elect its successor 38 days from now.Our President, Colin Bex, issued a final appeal yesterday for candidates to stand with him in defence of Wessex:“Now is the time for all good men and women to come toContinueContinue reading “Ready, Steady, Go!”

The Aye’ds of March

Et tu, Nicola?  It’s onething to have Plaid Cymru singing the praises of an anti-Welsh Green Party but today we had the SNP join the chorus.  Nicola Sturgeon has urged folk in England to vote either for the Greens or for a Labour candidate that would challenge Ed Miliband from the left. We would likeContinueContinue reading “The Aye’ds of March”

Burying the Past

“The theory goes that, if there is trust in society, then its bureaucracies will be more straightforward and effective – the cost and time of transactions between companies will be reduced and less time will be spent paying lawyers to draw up costly contracts, and in litigation.  A handshake is free.  Anyone who has triedContinueContinue reading “Burying the Past”

Negatives, Positives

An election with 14 candidates was always going to squeeze our share of the vote, making in-depth comparisons difficult. So we don’t view our 30 votes in quite as negative a light as you might suppose. Larger parties than us, that have polled much more in other circumstances, can limp in too; the English DemocratsContinueContinue reading “Negatives, Positives”

The Thinking Thirty

Colin Bex issued the following press release today:“Dear Eastleigh residents,This is to confirm my pleasure at having had the privilege of being able to offer you the opportunity of voting for two of the most necessary changes in government to prevent this part of your Wessex region from being targeted as a continued victim ofContinueContinue reading “The Thinking Thirty”

Wessex Conversations

It’s good to talk. It’s a necessary prelude to well-considered action. Yesterday as a party we had two lively conversations, one internal, one external.The Party’s Annual General Assembly, held at Wokingham, began the work of planning our election strategy for 2015. The meeting was arranged long before the Eastleigh by-election was called but our President broke offContinueContinue reading “Wessex Conversations”

Hobson’s Choice – Again!

WR President Colin Bex issued a press release today, protesting against arrangements for a meeting to be held in Eastleigh on Tuesday (26th February). The meeting will provide voters with the chance to hear from four of the candidates in the by-election. (We assume these are from the essentially indistinguishable major London parties.) The other tenContinueContinue reading “Hobson’s Choice – Again!”

Attacks Evader

Chris Huhne’s unscheduled exit from the Westminster stage has created a vacancy we shall be delighted to fill, should sufficient of the disillusioned cast their votes in our direction. WR President Colin Bex heads the list of candidates in the Eastleigh by-election and today we forward his first despatch from the constituency:“Rumoured to have visitedContinueContinue reading “Attacks Evader”

Give Fair Play A Chance

The Electoral Commission could be a small, well-managed organisation that looks after that tiny number of things that may, perhaps, best be done centrally if we’re to have something approaching democratic elections. An organisation that lets local administrators get on with their jobs and doesn’t try to micro-manage processes that constitutionally don’t belong to it.Instead, it’s a bloatedContinueContinue reading “Give Fair Play A Chance”