Over the last ten years there has been a steady rise in the number of voters casting their ballot by post. It was in 2001 that the law was changed introducing the right to vote by post on demand rather than, as previously, where the voter had to have a […]
A few links that we’ve spotted in the last few days; The Assembly was lobbied today by young people who feel forced out of London. Londoners Forced Out. Barkingside 21 waxes lyrical on air pollution in the city. Firefighters greet the news of Brian Coleman’s defeat by fighting back the […]
While we know that Labour polled very strongly in the Assembly seats (detail) and the Greens made their move forwards to third place above the Lib Dems look far easier than it was in reality (detail) these are the simply the two highest profile parties who attract left of center […]
While understandably most of the news focuses on the big winners and losers of the election here at Big Smoke we try to give you something that you’d be hard pressed to find anywhere else. So let’s take a look at the tiddlers that were swimming in the big electoral […]
First a quick look at the Mayoral vote. Livingstone improved his performance on last time, perhaps dispelling the idea that he had lost support over the years. It should perhaps be pointed out tough that although his share went up the number of people voting for him went down (same […]
The Green Party achieved an incredible result on Thursday. In a city the size of London it is no mean feat for a minor party with just two councillors to come third place. Although Greens will be disappointed that both they and the Lib Dems have an equal number of […]
The day is finally here when London goes to the polls. It feels like it’s been a long time coming and although it’s a hard fought business it likely that we’ll see a very similar set of politicians at City Hall come Monday… unless you lot choose otherwise that is. […]
Gone are the days when lefties just voted Labour and got on with their lives. Today’s socialist about town has to actually do a bit of thinking when deciding how to vote. In London’s elections it gets even more complicated because you have four votes on three ballot papers and, […]
With one day to go until the election proper the parties and their supporters are making their last minute pitches to the electorate – or at least the 3/4 of the electorate who have not already voted by post. Big Smoke thought it would be worth directing our readers to […]
Daniel Lambert is running for the London Assembly in the Lambeth and Southwark constituency. Unlike other candidates this gregarious and lively socialist is not running on a platform of improving cycle lanes or making things better, but on the simple policy of abolishing capitalism in its entirety. Filmed in the Socialist […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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