Presumably the Electoral Commission needs to pull its finger out. Although I would imagine Lowe spoke to them ask asked how far before the nomination deadline he needed to make the application. (View Post)

What we are not told, is why is it not legal. What is the legal principle it failed on? What was the legal advice? Were previous postponements of elections not legal either, and just not challenged, … (View Post)

Why isn't it a shadow cabinet? Is that something only the official opposition is allowed to have? In which case it's something of a technicality. (View Post)

I am wondering if the issue is that the Government asked councils to request postponement and, er, asking a legislative body to extend itself is a bit suspect. If England needs local government reorg… (View Post)

And if they couldn't, putb a Bill before Parliament (View Post)