Can newspapers/the media ever be unbiased?

On March 26 2011, over 250,000 people protested in London as part of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) March for the Alternative. Ed Miliband spoke to crowds in Hyde Park, thousands walked through the city passing the Houses of Parliament and through Trafalgar Square in opposition to the governments' fierce cuts. Impressive, honourable, a great achievement some would say.

Nigel Farage - Straight talking?

[May 2010]

Tonight I attended a 'public meeting' for the UKIP party, headed by Nigel Farage. He's the ex leader (as of 2005).

UKIP stand for the UK Independence Party. Don't know anything about them? Liberalist, nationalist (non-racist [in comparison to BNP maybe]) party... Here's some of their mini manifesto for you to chomp on.

Results Day!

(May 7th)

Darling, I'm on the train. Bercow held Buckingham (as he would do) with 48% (down from 58% last year though) and John Stevens in second place on 22%. Farage, to my surprise, got 21%, which is fairly high for UKIP in a conservative constituency. Overall, pretty unsurprising. Did you really have to do a recount on that? It wasn't really worth waiting til 2.30 for (PM!)

Will Buckingham lose MP to the commons?

Just over a month ago, on June 22nd 2009, MP for Buckingham John Bercow was voted to be the next speaker of the House of Commons after Michael Martin’s resignation the week previously. However, many residents of his constituency in Buckingham are worried they will now lose out valuable time and presence of the newly elected speaker to the broken Westminster scene.

Mr Bercow insists that his position in the commons will not affect his constituency in Buckingham and the surrounding areas, as he will 'continue to attend events and undertake visits of a non-political character throughout the constituency'. Despite this, it is clear that the job of the speaker is one that requires long and often antisocial hours. It is unsurprising, therefore, that residents may not see the presence their local MP around the area as much as before.

As the parliamentary recess now dawns on the House of Commons, the community of Buckingham hope that this will reunite them with Mr Bercow over the summer, until October sees the start of the next term.