Posted in Bucharest, Ludovic Orban, National Liberal Party, Politics, Romania on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is a real plan of action for a Liberal mayor:
Widen the four main roads into the city
Create a new outer ring road
Build a new rail link from the centre to the main airport
Extend the underground system to the south western suburbs
Build a new airport to the south of the city
Construct new port facilities in [...]
Posted in Bucharest, Cozmin Gusa, National Liberal Party, Politics, Romania, Traian Basescu on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
You turn your back for 10 minutes and a whole bunch of new parties appear in Romania.
Arrived in Bucharest in the middle of the local elections to discover the Popular Christian Social Union (they almost got all the bases covered there with the name and the Civic Force Party as the newest kids on [...]
Posted in Gordon Brown, Liberal Democrats, Mr Bean, Politics, Vince Cable on December 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Everyone in Lib Dem Land has been falling over themselves with excitement at the positive coverage generated by Vince’s comic depiction of the Prime Minister.
Yet no one seems to have stated the obvious conclusion.
Earnest Lib Dems spend hours torturing themselves to come up with a narrative that reconciles the conflicts between liberty and equality. Or they work themselves into [...]
Posted in East Midlands, European Parliament, Liberal Democrats, Politics on November 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I have been selected in second place on the East Midlands Lib Dems’ list of candidates for the European Parliament elections.
If you helped or supported me, ‘thank you’. If you didn’t, well, there’s still time because (in the first of many cliches to come) the hard work starts here. You can visit www.edmaxfield.org.uk and click [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe, Politics, Romania, Traian Basescu on October 7, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m off to Bucaharest for a few days next month for the climax of their European Parliament elections.
But, in the meantime, the European Parties, Elections and Referendums Network has published my report on the impeachment referendum held earlier this year. If you like that sort of thing you can find it here.
Posted in Eastern Europe, Paddy Ashdown, Politics, Sean Hanley on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ive recently discovered that my friend Sean Hanley has a blog. It’s well worth a read if you are interested in East European politics. He has a book coming out soon but I cant recommend it yet because I am still waiting to be sent a review copy (hint, hint).
I note he says this about Paddy. [...]
Posted in Brian Paddick, Jean Charles de Menezes, Mayor of London, Politics on August 5, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Connecting Devonian strippers with a high profile former London policeman might seem like the sort of idea that could end you up in court if you put it in writing. But, there is a connection between the fate of the Bideford One and the bandwagon that is building behind making Brian Paddick Lib Dem candidate [...]
Posted in Conservative Party, David Cameron, Grant Shapps, Millenium Elephant, Politics on July 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The world truly has gone mad when brainless self-publicists can puff themselves up to the point where the BBC and half the Liberal Democrats think they are the most insightful political commentator since Creation.
BUT cast that unpleasant and vacuous naked emperor aside and turn instead to our own fluffy Millenium Elephant because this is both [...]
Posted in Lincolnshire, Politics, Quentin Davies on June 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I reckon Alderman Roberts will be spinning in his grave at the news that Grantham is now represented by a Labour MP. The town (which in the 1980s memorably had blue seats on its railway station when the rest of the country had red) is of course where the Blessed Margaret hails from.
I must admit [...]
Posted in Amazon books, Johnston and Pattie, Politics, Putting voters in their place on June 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have just sent the following review through to Amazon for Putting Voters in their Place by Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie.
Johnston and Patties book is a gold mine for anyone trying to achieve elected office. The ideas are presented clearly and straightforwardly but with substantial academic rigour being applied.
The book’s core thesis is that [...]
