
What Americans can teach us about local democracy
It should be easier to call local referendums in the UK. Politics is too important to be left to the politicians.
It should be easier to call local referendums in the UK. Politics is too important to be left to the politicians.
All teenagers should be taught at school about the structure of the British constitution – this would help improve the engagement and basis of knowledge for local government elections.
Following the results of last Thursday’s elections, we should feel rejuvenated by the clarity of the pro-Brexit message that the voters sent to us.
I want to commend every single one of you that stood for council or campaigned in any way in this poll.
The Prime Minister visits the Tory flagship council in the aftermath of the Conservatives holding on.
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The capital isn’t a single political entity. Rather, it is still in some ways a Napoleon-of-Notting-Hill-style mass of small towns.
Key voters include those who voted heavily to remain in the EU, and were decisive in the lost Tory seats of Battersea, Kensington, Kingston and Twickenham.
From schools, to helping the youngest get the best start in life, through to leading regeneration – we always strive to ensure that nobody is left behind.
In practice, children in Wandsworth will still be allowed to climb trees in local parks. It is a mistake for local authorities to adopt rules which suggest otherwise.
You can help to warn voters before it’s too late.
Embracing this crude Marxist fiction has put the Conservative Party at risk of lasting electoral damage, particularly in London.
Is it seriously only legitimate to ask such questions of a white man but not, in exactly the same terms, of a Muslim?