We say that it should be the voters and the voters alone that determine who is and who is not a member of Parliament. At least, up until we say that pure chance should decide that matter.
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Cunliffe's folly
Tweeting who to vote for at a by-election on the day the poll is being held is silly, but it isn't exactly the worst thing that any politician has ever done. Hell, it may not even be illegal.
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Could the United Kingdom's 2010 general election become the new Florida?
Read MoreWhere has all the money gone?
According to the Electoral Commission, the political parties received far less in big donations for the 2008 election than in 2005. So just how did they fund their campaigns?
Read MoreTwo-and-a-bit cheers for National's review of electoral finance law
It's not exactly what I would have done, but National's process for reviewing electoral finance laws is largely to be commended
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