Part of Joan Ruddock’s expenses return. You can view the whole return on Flickr. A Londonist investigation has revealed that Lewisham Deptford MP Joan Ruddock may have taken advantage of a loophole in Electoral Commission guidance, which allows an election candidate to avoid submitting receipts …
Image by Dinendra – Haria from the Londonist Flickr pool While so many other political issues were up in the air last Friday morning, one of the few things that became immediately clear was that the BNP had had its arse kicked. It lost all …
Nationally, it’s official: we have a hung Parliament, the first since 1974, and the pony-trading between the party leaders has begun in earnest. Nick Clegg has flirted with the Conservatives, calling on them to form a government “in the national interest”, but does he hanker …
Londonist will be your companion through the night as the national and local election results roll in. Your hosts for the evening are Jonn (@jonnelledge), and Rachel (@bagelmouse), who’ll be rounding up the news as it happens and attempting to make some sort of sense …
By STML It’s election day and your fortean Londonista stepped out of the polling station and smiled at both the prospective Labour and Green Party candidates standing outside, the would-be Green Party councillors‘ piercings glinting jauntily in the bright morning light. Standing for the post …
By secretlondon123 From around 8pm tonight we’lll begin liveblogging election night as the polling stations close and counts commence. How good were our predictions? Did your vote make a difference? And it’s not all about who gets into government; the local council elections and 3 …
Londonist guesses the election result Tonight, we’ll be staying up late, to watch the results come in and blog them live as they happen. But right now the voting’s just getting going, and we’re in a hubristic frame of mind. So we decided to try …
London is at a fascinating point in its history – when is it not – at this election there are huge decisions to make on what direction our beloved town, and the country (which is pretty great too) should take. Do you want a financial …
As a celebration of the democratic process our friends at Fancyapint.com have come up with a top ten list of pubs with an election theme. They apologise in advance for any that are a bit of a stretch, but hey, these lists don’t grow on …
The Mayor joined David Cameron on the campaign trail this morning, visiting the Chelsea Pensioners out west London way. Yet in his first appearance with the Tory leader since the election was called, Boris quickly demonstrated why the party honchos might want to keep him …
Photo / Jymography The problem with politicians who present themselves as a panacea for society’s ills is that they’re left open to seemingly trivial questions that they struggle to answer. To whit: Gordon Brown was heckled yesterday by a man (identified by the Telegraph as …
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