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North vs. South: a true example of Cameronomics

RedRooster Thu Sep 11, 2008 at 07:13:40 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Please compare and contrast the statements of 2 Conservative PPCs, one from the north, one from the south.




Do northerners know what southern Tories are saying?

RedRooster Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 08:17:23 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Conservatives campaigning in the south of England have been given a new line to push over the last year- that cuts to local services are due to Labour diverting money 'up north.' 




Standard of Reporting Goes South

Kerron Thu Oct 11, 2007 at 10:10:33 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

It's a badly kept secret that most of the right of centre press in this country would like to see a Conservative Government. You get the feeling that the only reason the Murdoch press has backed New Labour for 10 years in because the Tories were so unbackable in the shape they were in.

But let's look at a couple of the tabloid stories today in The Sun.



Making Labour's case for the South

malcolmclark Fri May 25, 2007 at 11:46:42 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

John Denham's Fabian Society lecture on 'Southern Discomfort Revisited' provides some great material for debate within Labour - especially in southern England. Full transcript is here.  John argued that Labour cannot comfortably govern the UK as a whole without a significant southern presence.  I have listed some of the key points he made, including (bottom paragraph) why electoral reform is essential.  On my own blog, I have also added comments made by Tony Travers, about how the changed political circumstances / culture mean the electoral pendulum may no longer swing back once a party has lost its base in a particular area - whether that be the Tories in certain northern cities or Labour in parts of the south / south-west.