Conservatives. Labour. Liberal Democrats. Scotish National Party. UKIP. Boring. Luckily, there are loads of parties standing candidates in the UK’s 2015 General Election. Here’s the 20 most interesting, funny and crazy-sounding parties, taken from this rather longer list of all ‘micro parties’. Read on: 1. (An) Independence From Europe This breakaway party from UKIP founded by […]
Category: UK News
Two-Tier Exams
One of the commonest criticisms of Michael Gove’s proposals to reform England and Wales’ examinations is that it would recreate a two-tier system: more prestigious O-levels and less-good CSEs, instead of the universal GCSE that exists today. The problem with this argument is that many commentators don’t seem to realise that GCSEs are themselves a […]
(Bad) ideas to stop the looters
People have lots of ideas about tactics that should be used to quell the mobs. Some of the most common ideas, though,aren’t very good. This is because we keep talking about the “riots”, but what’s happened the last few days aren’t really riots. They have no political cause, no demands, no agenda. They have no […]
London riots and media ‘blackouts’
I will write a fuller blog on the London riots later, but just wanted to comment on a theme seen in some of the tweets and chatter: that the media somehow covered up the latest rioting in Enfield and other places in London. The news is rarely instant. It often takes hours for something to […]