Politics
Hollande Elected as French President
By TSF at May 6, 2012 | 5:27 pm | 0 Comment
François Hollande has been elected as the 24th President of the French Republic. The election of Mr Hollande will worry EU leaders who see Hollande as being too left wing and a danger to the recovery process for the Eurocrisis. The new President has a mountain to climb and faces a series of challenges such as getting the 3 million people unemployed back to work, working more...
London Mayoral Election Results
By TSF at May 4, 2012 | 11:35 pm | 0 Comment
Boris Johnson has won a second term as Mayor of London. Mr Johnson who is seen as a possible leader of the Conservatives won with 44% of the vote on first preferences. In second place is Labour’s Ken Livingstone who secured 40% of the vote. Boris Johnson was ahead in the polls for most of the Mayoral campaign, he is more popular than both David Cameron and the more...
Vote 2012 – The Results
By TSF at May 4, 2012 | 2:52 pm | 0 Comment
The Liberal Democrats have taken a hammering at yesterday’s election the results show. Out of the results that have been announced so far, the Lib Dems lost seats they have held for many years. In Rochdale, Manchester and many other parts of the country the party lost every seat it was defending. The Conservative Party lost votes to UKIP which led to a number of more...
Election 2012: Polling Day
By TSF at May 3, 2012 | 12:08 am | 0 Comment
Today important elections are taking place across the United Kingdom, voters in London, Liverpool and Salford will decide who they want to be their directly elected Mayor whilst voters in Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield will vote on whether to have a directly elected Mayor or not. Council more...
Conservatives , Election , Labour , Lib Dems , Politics
Election 2012: Why you should vote Lib Dem
By TSF at May 3, 2012 | 12:07 am | 0 Comment
Tristan Pithers (@TristanPithers) is a member of the Liberal Democrats It’s the day of local elections across the UK today as well as the vote for the GLA and the eagerly anticipated election of the next Mayor of London. I make an unashamed call for you to get down to your local polling station and put your cross in the box marked ‘Liberal Democrat’. After the more...
Election 2012: Why you should vote Labour
By TSF at May 3, 2012 | 12:07 am | 0 Comment
Ellis Palmer (@ellispalmer94) is the North West Young Labour Disabilities Officer I have been active in campaigning for disability rights from a young age, and I believe Labour across the country, and Ken in London, is the only party that effectively stands up for disabled people during this period of economic hardship. My parents instilled in me the belief that if more...
Election 2012: Why you should vote Conservative
By TSF at May 3, 2012 | 12:05 am | 0 Comment
Cameron Brown (@Cameron_Brown_) is the Co-Chairman, South Tees Conservative Future Today you have a real choice. You can vote Labour and return to the days of waste, tax, spend and borrow policies of the past, or you can vote Conservative and we’ll roll our sleeves up tomorrow and continue delivering real value for money whilst protecting those key services we need more...
Britain Votes: Elections 2012
By TSF at May 2, 2012 | 12:12 pm | 0 Comment
15 years ago today New Labour and Tony Blair were swept into power with a landslide majority of 179 seats thus ending 18 years of Conservative government in Britain. New Labour were the change Britain needed after a tired Conservative Party was hit by a series of scandals. Tomorrow voters go to the polls to decide who they want to serve them in the office of Councillor more...
Making the Case for a Living Wage
By TSF at April 30, 2012 | 9:15 am | 0 Comment
I am a passionate supporter of the living wage not just because of the change it can bring for employees but also for the benefits it can bring for businesses. Like every area of policy there are pros and cons, however when it comes to the living wage the benefits far outweigh the negatives. The living wage is different to the national minimum wage in that it pays more more...
It doesn’t rain, it Pours
By TSF at April 25, 2012 | 8:56 am | 0 Comment
GDP figures released this morning by the ONS show that the UK is in a double-dip recession. Figures for the first 3 months of 2012 show the economy shrank by 0.2%. It is worth noting these are preliminary figures and they will be revised in a month, however there will be more calls for the Government to come up with a plan B to stimulate growth and reduce the deficit. H.M more...
