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Hadleigh Roberts
http://hadleigh.eu
This is the blog of Mr. Hadleigh Roberts, a languages student at the University of Bath, GB. He is a Labour Party activist who currently works for Le Parti Socialiste in Nice, France. He writes about Politics & Society in Britain & France. Updates on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday.
Recent Posts
Another bungle by Tory candidate Rees-Mogg: claiming credit for Government’s success
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory candidate for North East Somerset, has taken another significant step in reviving the British Gaffe Industry. Presenting his latest blooper is always a difficult challenge. Though it’s fun to laugh at a hopelessly useless ...
Tory PPC: “It is about time we had a recession”
It is refreshing to be able to write something about Jacob Rees-Mogg which isn’t describing some idiotic gaffe. Previously, he’s plagiarised the Sun, misappropriated council resources and claimed his house adjacent to Hyde Park makes him a local ...
The Next Step: Moving on from Question Time
I said the Internets would be ablaze with analysis and accusations over Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time. It didn’t take Nostradamus to know that prediction would come true. Hopefully this post will be the last I need to say on the matt...
Statement on Nick Griffin on Question Time
The episode of Question Time which featured the leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, has just aired. Once again, Twitter came into full force. According to @tweetminster there were up to 53.5K tweets with 12.49 tweets per second at close of #bbcqt. Anal...
Launch of the CANP
Bloggers launch the “Coalition Against No Platform“ Today I am pleased to publish a new page, the Coalition Against No Platform, a directory of bloggers and articles from all political parties. We believe that the No Platform policy, wh...
The Somerset Tory of Soho
According to his Conservative candidate profile (here), Jacob Rees-Mogg and his family “live in the heart of North East Somerset in the Harptrees” and have done for many years. For an upcoming event posted on his MyConservatives profile (...
