In a moment of refreshing honesty, British Conservative Leader Michael Howard has admitted to being 2-0 down at halftime in the UK election campaign.
Reports the Guardian:
Two-nil down at half-time is every manager’s nightmare. Your key players are sulking and that tough-tackling foreigner you signed to boost your attack has only motivated your opponent’s fans […]
Earlier this month, Metiria asked Education Minister Trevor Mallard a series of questions in the House about the funding for special education. One of the exchanges was as follows:
Metiria Turei: What is the Minister’s response to the 97 percent of schools reported in the Quality Public Education Coalition report on special education that stated […]
Peter Wilson, NZPA’s political editor, writes in his weekly column for New Zealand’s regional papers:
Older voters turn out in much higher numbers than younger ones, so they actually represent more votes than a simple age breakdown indicates.
The Greens, for example, have strong support in the 18 to 24 age group. But getting university students […]
A reader, Michelle, pointed me to this story about Scottish rock band, Franz Ferdinand, providing music for a Green Party election broadcast in the UK. The broadcast, featuring the song “This Fire”, will offer a “nightmare vision” of the future if we let our environment be polluted.
Reports the Sunday Herald:
A remix of Franz […]