The Tories are also on track to getting close to being wiped out in Oxfordshire (which I think was never under the rule of Wessex). Of the 7 seats, I'd say they're likely to hang on to just one, and … (View Post)

Well, here in what's now Banbury - but was Witney till now - we got our first (Labour) GE leaflet through the door on the morning of Friday, May 24. About 4 weeks after everyone in the area got a loc… (View Post)

Nominations close at 4 pm on June7 https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-05/UKPGE%20Election%20timetable%204%20July%202024.docx (View Post)

Now here's a funny thing. Our (Blue Wall) District returning officer has just published the nominations for the May 2 local elections. In just about every seat, we've four candidates: LibDem, Labour,… (View Post)

The Vatican has a fully staffed Foreign Service (headed, btw, by an Englishman), with proper diplomats throughout the world. In practice, its dialogue with the Orthodox Church is, so far as is possib… (View Post)