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... and BBC News is now reporting that senior Labour politicians have decided to go for a Labour - Lib Dem minority coalition. Game over.

I presume that the Lib Dems have decided by now which of the two main parties they will bless with the power to make a government. Since SNP and UKIP MPs will be discounted in the calculations, as will Sinn Fein, my guess is that a Labour - Lib Dem government is already in the bag and there is...

Been there, done that ... in 1974. What was really interesting about the Bevendean polling station was that Brian Ralfe was standing as a candidate (on this occasion as a Drag Queen, rather than as a representative of one of the political parties). As a local boy, Brian was getting a lot of...

One highlight of which was the opportunity to congratulate the new MP for Hove in person - as he enjoyed a pre-match cup of tea with the new Chairman of the Albion.

The Tories are making a very big deal out of their expectations that they can easily unseat Norman Baker in Lewes. But when it comes to the Lewes Town Council election, it's very noticeable that the Conservative Party find it almost totally impossible to put up candidates who live in the area...

As a former candidate in local elections, my recollection of how S.66 is applied in practice is that everyone (polling clerks, candidates and party tellers) is aware of the rules. In practice, this means that no-one is allowed to ask voters how they have voted until they have physically left...

I can't see anything in S.66 that restricts the right of a voter to publish an image of the ballot paper that has been completed at home. S.66 applies only to officials and other people in polling stations and to people who assist postal voters (eg blind voters).

Blimey! It turns out that I knew Ed Miliband's ex=girlfriend's mother, Claudia Flanders. Why wasn't I told earlier?

The danger is that the politicking gets in the way of the solution. No-one seems to have noticed that, this year, MORE patients are being treated in A&E in under four hours than were being treated in the same weeks a year ago. That's a success for the service, not a failure. The problem is...