What exactly to do about the continued disengagement with politics and collapsing voter turnout — now almost the lowest in Western Europe?
Come the weekend, expect plenty of hand-wringing and a barrage of familiar ideas to reverse the decline that puts us well below even similar polities like New Zealand, miles down the OECD voter turnout [...]

The Independent: Revealed - Labour’s strategy to block influence of left-wing MPs
David Blunkett, the former home secretary who is expected to return to the Cabinet in a reshuffle on Friday if Labour retains power, told The Independent: “The real danger of abstentions could lead to a parliament where the disaffected determine the policy of the [...]

To borrow a joke from Spike Milligan: As the zoo keeper said when the trussed-up gorilla arrived - it was bound to come.
It’s been said during the election campaign that the war in Iraq and the legality thereof has been the dog that wouldn’t bark. Or, if you’ll permit me, the cluster bomb that didn’t [...]