James Hargrave's Old Blog: politics

Unfair electoral system delivers bizarre General Election result

I sat watching the election coverage last night with two very puzzled looking children. They were finding it hard to understand how the vote...

Back exactly five years ago on 3rd May 2010 I wrote a Blog post about why I was voting for the Lib Dems . Unlike some bloggers I keep ...

In death as in life Margaret Thatcher retains her unique ability to divide and polarise. The “marmite” Prime Minister who people pretty muc...

Laughing and smirking on the green benches As I grew up in the 70s and 80s in Middle Class England there were some strong and decent val...

It got worse...the obnoxious Nick Griffin "leader" of the BNP winning in the North West. The guy who won in Yorkshire used to be l...