by The Editor | Jun 29, 2017 | Politics
June 28th 2017. This date doesn’t really hold any political significance. The Local Election and General Election are all done and dusted. The campaigners, candidates and activists have took a short break and hung their raincoats up for a little respite. Today may not...
by The Editor | Jun 17, 2017 | Politics
Theresa May announced yesterday that there will be a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire. A “something must be done, we are doing something” response. Her history with public inquiries is not good – they get dragged out and it feels to me like this is a...
by The Editor | May 17, 2017 | Politics
Today was a massive day. Today was of significant importance to myself because I had helped these councillors in all types of weather. Leafleting , canvassing and even had the occasional coffee and a bite to eat. I put my family commitments on hold. My Girlfriend and...
by The Editor | Apr 28, 2017 | Politics
I’ve been asked, so.. Imagine there was a ward with 12,000 electors and 10 candidates standing that will elect 4 council seats. There’s obviously things like turnout to consider, so say 60% go out and vote. That’s 7,200 votes and say that all of them use their 1-10...
by The Editor | Apr 28, 2017 | Politics
We recently heard that on the anniversary of the introduction of Universal Credit the Dundee DWP office dressed in blue and had celebratory cake. The thought of celebrating something that has caused so many people so much misery ought to be enough to make any cake...
