There is a huge amount of work to be done to restore and defend our democracy.
How much time will they devote to the actual results in this fascinating round of elections?
The rules not only need to be updated but also to be enforced.
A month ago, this site carried assessments of how Goldsmith’s campaign is going. Now the authors return for an update.
His constant flip flopping leaves doubts that he could cope with taking tough decisions.
More scandal from Tower Hamlets emerges – yet the Electoral Commission remains silent.
The first part of our mini-series on what Zac Goldsmith needs to do to be elected Mayor of London.
In 1961 leaflets were circulated in the more rural areas of Essex entitled “Kick out the Cockneys”.
Labour require ID checks for new members – yet show a less rigour when it comes to voting by the wider electorate.
In Manchester, as in Tower Hamlets, the law is not being enforced.
A number of former Rahman-supporting councillors are desperate to join or re-join the Labour Party.
In Tower Hamlets and elsewhere the law, the Electoral Commission and the police have been found grievously wanting.
I will be fighting hard to bring a positive Conservative programme to Tower Hamlets on June 11th.
By their inactions, which I list in this article, they are partly responsible for the electoral scandals that have made the borough notorious.
Other nations function without their parliament being stuffed full of former officials, the rejected and the retired. Why can’t we?