Election Countdown

Well, just 40 more days to go and we should know which party or coalition of parties   will be in government. This week we had our first televised “debate” between the two Davids, Cameron and Milliband, it didn’t really tell us much except that the polls immediately following gave Cameron the edge, then the next…

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First pre-election “debate”

Last night we saw the first  pre-election TV “debate” which strictly speaking was not exactly a debate, both Cameron and Milliband were both  seperately interviewed by Jeremy Paxman and  again they seperately  took questions from a studio audience. There was no clear “winner” as such, they were pretty well evenly matched, polls carried out by…

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Countdown Election 2015

Just 47 days to go in the run up to The General Election 2015. This week we had the last budget before the  all important Polling Day 7th May, those that listened and watched the budget on TV were probably scratching their heads at the end of it, later in the day reactions were very…

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New “Rent to own” homes promised by Lib-dems

Help for first time buyers is pledged by the Liberal democrats by way of a “rent-to-own home scheme if they manage to win the election in May. Housing has become one of the main issues to be addressed by all parties in the lead up to the election, getting that foot on the property ladder…

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