This entry was posted on
Thursday, February 24th, 2005 at
1:32 pm and is filed
under UK General Election 2005.
Please remember that this is only an intellectual exercise in constitutional contortion.
This entry was posted on
Thursday, February 24th, 2005 at
1:32 pm and is filed
under UK General Election 2005.
Please remember that this is only an intellectual exercise in constitutional contortion.
By Ben February 24, 2005 - 7:12 pm
If this were to happen, wouldn't Tony Blair remain the MP for Sedgefield until the election was 'commenced afresh'? I doubt that this part of the law is meant to deprive a constituency of an MP completely – what would happen if a candidate were to die at the subsequent elections?
By wibbler.com February 25, 2005 - 2:11 pm
Bloggerheads – the daily Ebb and Flow of Cynicism
If you ever feel happy about the state of politics in the UK today, take a daily gander at my erstwhile friend Tim’s site bloggerheads.com. It’s through Bloggerheads that most of the UK’s internet-based political opinion, analysis and linky…