Politics

Well somebody had to do it on behalf of the National Rust – last night, having downed my evening meal and a large slug of vodka and tonic, I switched my television to ITV at about two minutes to 8.00pm, took a deep breath and prepared to watch the General Election’s 7-person leaders’ debate. [...]

I had thought those televised Election interviews/debates were some way off, but – bingo! – having switched temporarily to Sky News yesterday in order to catch up on the latest on the tragedy of the Germanwings airliner crash, I was suddenly confronted by a ‘throw’ to some [...]

  I think someone said during the Daily Politics show on BBC2 yesterday – in and around the last Prime Minister’s Question Time before 7th May – that there are 43 days to go to the General Election. Despite Alex Salmond’s concerted campaign to de-stabilise the established Westminster [...]

Last time I looked out from behind the sofa there were about fifty days to go to the General Election and we’re already approaching the political equivalent of Fleet Street’s traditional annual (August) silly season for stories. During the past week we’ve had the Pub Landlord [...]

Yesterday afternoon the main UK broadcasters [the BBC, ITV, Channel Four and Sky] ‘called David Cameron’s bluff’ by announcing that they were going to proceed, as they had originally planned, with two televised electoral debates involving seven party leaders, plus one head-to-head version [...]

I’ve never hidden my limitless cynicism about those that inhabit the world of politics but, as the daily readership of the Rust soars ever-closer to the 500 million mark, for the benefit of any new readers, let me lay my heart upon my sleeve. I’ve never voted in any political election and – [...]