As promised after the elections (not part of my campaign) I would explain the Single Transferable Vote (STV) and it?s benefits when compared to the First Past the Post system. Here is the Outline from Wikipedia Outline The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preference voting system designed to minimise wasted votes in multi-candidate [...]

Sorry for the delay but I?ve been busy doing nothing. I spent the weekend boozing and staying out late. I think I?ve almost got it out of my system again and will be contrained in my activities now by a lack of funds.

When I got up today I whacked on BBC News 24 to check out the election results. There was still a glimmer of hope but Labour have won again, although by a smaller majority. (I had to laugh because there was a woman standing behind Blair who was wearing a hat with ?BLIAR? on it?the [...]