Election 2005
- 02 Jun 2005By
The British general election of May 2005 generated much discussion, with sentiments of despair in some quarters and jubilation in others.
- 19 May 2005ByAndre Vltchek
Unless voters demand change, the ballot box will not allow them to express their will democratically.
- 15 May 2005ByMilan Rai
Britains General Election And The Power Of The Anti-War Vote.
- 15 May 2005ByChris Marsden
Blair may be here to stay after all.
- 15 May 2005ByMark Steel
Mark Steel on Labour dissilusionment
- 13 May 2005ByLaura Flanders
In the general election, people took a risk and didn’t succumb to the bully media who told them the sky would fall if they voted their dissent. The same gamble is needed in the US, to end the Iraq debacle.
- 10 May 2005BySteve James
Britains May 5 general election included polls for 18 Westminster seats in British-ruled Northern Ireland. The results exposed deepening sectarian polarisation between nationalist and unionist voters.
- 09 May 2005ByOscar Reyes
The alternative economic strategy at the heart of the Green Party manifesto.
- 09 May 2005ByJames O?Nions
Reviewing the Respect Manifesto.
- 08 May 2005By
Tony Blair gets a hiding from the electorate over Iraq and still gets to form the next government
- 06 May 2005ByChris Marsden and Julie Hyland
Britains Labour government has won a third term in office, but on a massively reduced majority. The May 5 poll is being described as the Iraq election because of the millions who registered their disaffection and hostility to Prime Minister Tony Blair and his party.
- 06 May 2005ByGreg Palast
A British reporter from America explains why Britons will vote for a guy named ‘Brown’ – so Blair can’t lose.
- 05 May 2005ByIWCA
In recent days, New Labour apologists such as The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee have been berating the liberal middle classes about their duty to back the Blair government.
- 02 May 2005ByGary Younge
Faced with defection over Iraq and a falling turnout, Labour blames the electorate rather than its own policies.
- 25 Apr 2005ByAndy Rowell
The Conservatives show no sign in stopping their campaign of fear in a desperate bid to regain power. The strategy is simple: scapegoat those who are different to us.
- 24 Apr 2005By
The central question of the election is whether we can trust the judgement, or the word, of the man who is now asking us to vote him back in Downing Street for a whole third term.
- 23 Apr 2005ByEd Vulliamy
A challenge more solemn and serious than usual.
- 23 Apr 2005ByRichard Dawkins
He is following in Martin Bell’s footsteps, but with a bigger target: Tony Blair himself.
- 21 Apr 2005ByTom Burgis
An army of independent, single-issue candidates is challenging the party machines in Britains general election campaign. A new age of guerrilla politics dawns.
- 21 Apr 2005ByJohn Pilger
Truth can be subverted, but for millions of decent Britons the subversion is over, and the penny has finally dropped.