After yesterday’s launch of the Tory manifesto, today is the Lib Dems’ turn. (Read the PDF here.) Since the Conservative programme was more dog’s dinner than dog whistle, does the party that promises “The Real Alternative” actually deliver it? After all, this is meant to …
If you live in central London and are thinking of making the effort to go out and vote on May the 5th then don’t bother. At least that’s the advice (sort of) coming out of the Electoral Reform Society. According to the BBC the five …
It’s Wednesday so it must be the middle of the week and time for the Mid Week Music News. We’re thinking of calling this column: We Read The NME So You Don’t Have To. Let us know whether you’re in favour. So the big news, …
The Beeb are trying their best to convince us that this election is an interesting one with their blanket coverage – imaginatively titled ‘Election 2005′. With stories about helicopters and Peter Snow’s baffling swingometer alongside their special bus we’ve just got to sit up and …
The PM spent a portion of this morning sitting in Buckingham Palace asking the Queen to dissolve Parliament, perhaps nibbling a Mr Kipling’s Fondant Fancy (or if you’re a fan of David Icke, dancing naked in the guts of small children and laughing about the …
At last, the Photobloggies nominations have been announced. There’s a huge array of categories to work through and, if nothing else, this is a great opportunity to have a look at some photoblogs you may not have come across before. But, obviously, what we’re interested …
When the outgoing Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch, Brian Sedgemore began a speech on the Prevention of Terrorism Bill in Parliament on Wednesday with “As this will almost certainly be my last speech in Parliament, I shall try hard not to upset anyone”, …
Those mischievous Scots, Welsh and Irish have been at it again. When the London Development Agency opened their web poll to name the new “state-of-the-art” footbridge at Wembley, who’d have thought anyone would have hijacked it for their own ends? But you know, that’s exactly …
One of the high points for the Londonist of the recent spate of interactive TV voting type shows was BBC2s Greatest Britons series, an example of how the genre can be interesting and informative, stimulate debate, and really engage the viewer. This isn’t bad for …
Today is pretty much your last chance to cast your vote in the 2005 Bloggies where we’re up for the ‘Best British or Irish Weblog’. We’ve had a bit of an upsurge in vistors to the site since Londonist was nominated so we’d just like …
And talking of vote rigging… Schoolboy errors abounded at the weekend as the XFM Rock School‘s online vote was rigged. One error came from XFM’s technical end, as the ‘one person, one vote’ setting was overcome with ease. Another came from the bands rigging the …
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