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  Canton on Cardiff (Lab Defence) Result of last election to council (2012): Labour 46, Liberal Democrats 16, Conservative 7, Independents 3, Plaid Cymru 2, Heath Independents 1 (Labour overall majority of 17) Result of last election (2012): Emboldened denotes elected Labour 2,230, 2,130, 2,128 (51%) Plaid Cymru 910, 837, 824 (20%) Greens 730, 564, 503 (14%) Conservatives 505, 468, 426 (11%) Liberal Democrats 118, 98, 84 (2%) Socialist Labour Party 106 (1%) Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 90 (1%)…

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Kingstanding on Birmingham (Lab Defence) Result: Conservative 1,571 (47% +7% on 2012), Labour 1,433 (43% +3% on 2012), United Kingdom Independence Party 266 (8%, no candidate in 2012), Liberal Democrats 43 (1% -1% on 2012), National Front 33 (1% unchanged on 2012) Conservative GAIN from Labour with a majority of 138 (4%) on a swing of 2% from Labour to Conservative Reeth and Arkengarthdale on Richmondshire (Ind Defence) Result: Non Party Independent 273 (77%), Conservative 83 (23% +11% on 2011)…

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Kingstanding on Birmingham (Lab Defence) Result of last election to council (2012): Labour 77, Conservative 28, Liberal Democrats 15 (Labour overall majority of 34) Result of ward in last electoral cycle (2010 – 2012) 2010: Lab 3,372, Con 2,792, BNP 891, Lib Dem 866, National Front 160, Green 103 2011: Lab 2,210, Con 2,035, BNP 344, Lib Dem 128, Green 121 2012: Lab 2,014, Con 1,609, BNP 213, Green 106, Lib Dem 80, National Front 34 Candidates duly nominated: Graham…

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Those who say that an independent Scotland will share the £ need to know: that is not going to happen #indyref — George Osborne (@George_Osborne) February 13, 2014 Sturgeon accuses Osborne of "campaign rhetoric" – http://t.co/tLPi7yYnNs – but also reiterates SNP's "not pay debt" threat #indyref — AndrewSparrow (@AndrewSparrow) February 13, 2014 The more London appears uunreasonable the more it could be strengthening the case for independence

Which party will come second in the Wythenshawe by-election? CON LAB LD UKIP None of the above     

Good piece on Wythenshawe by-election via @GoodwinMJ with interesting news on UKIP private polling pic.twitter.com/YmTOHV73AG — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 12, 2014 The Telegraph UKIP Watch blog spot by academics Rob Ford and Matthew Goodwin is becoming a must read given the importance of Farage’s party. Today they focus on tomorrow’s Wythenshawe by-election and why the purples have had to scale down expectations. I found these aspects very interesting:- “.. A few weeks ago the party undertook some private polling…

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One aspect of Scottish independence is that the removal of MPs from North of the border would make the electoral system appear less biased to Labour and against the other parties. Toggle between Scottish MPs and the % of the Scottish GE2010 results to see the difference it makes. Last time Labour managed to chalk up just under 70% of the Scottish seats on just 42% of the votes. The Scottish Tories had just one seat (1.6% of the total)…

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