voting
I will miss my vote
I feel as if I first took part in a general election even before I was born. My father was…
Joe Biden’s Civil War re-enactment
We can’t blame American progressives for yearning to relive the civil rights movement. Those were heady days. Opposition to segregation…
Champagne, sex or the Tories: what could you live without?
In idle chatter the other evening, somebody pooh-poohed champagne. He was a brave soul because in certain circles — and…
Older voters are killing British democracy
There is an idea of the state that argues that the role of government is to act as a benevolent…
Why voters should have to show photo ID
This week’s publication of the Elections Bill has given pressure groups and others a fresh opportunity to complain about what…
Our confusing voting system has cost me £25
Some 114,201 ballots were rejected in the first round of the London mayoral election, approximately 5 per cent of the…
Exclusive poll: majority say election can be held safely in person
A majority of voters believe that November’s election can be conducted safely in person, according to a new poll provided…
Why I won’t vote
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a piece titled ‘The battle cry of the politically homeless’ in which I…
Who will clean up America’s voter rolls?
Los Angeles County has too many voters. An estimated 1.6 million, according to the latest calculations – which is roughly…
Must ‘the will of the people’ always be respected?
I’ve always respected Alistair Darling and cannot imagine him saying anything ill-considered. But listening to him interviewed last Monday on…
Would you like to buy an American’s vote?
Killing time in a Heathrow first-class lounge, I notice how many men adopt an unmistakable ‘first-class lounge’ persona. They stand…
In praise of the ‘Don’t know’ voter
I am scraping the edges of my memory here, but I am fairly sure that opinion polls in my childhood…
Do Scots really die that much younger?
The Scottish way of death Nicola Sturgeon said the SNP would block a rise in the state pension age on…
Actually, Bob, they do know it’s Christmas (we checked)
Yeah, Bob, they know The answer to the rhetorical question posed by the Band Aid single, ‘Do they know it’s…
When judges go to jail
Judges in jail Barrister and part-time judge Constance Briscoe was jailed for 16 months for perverting the course of justice…
