simon zadek

The Tories, according to a report in The Times today, missing having a straight majority in Parliament by only 16,000 votes. What makes this such an extraordinary data point are two other pieces of information. First that thousands, and potentially tens of thousands of people, where unable to vote because of administrative chaos at the election booths. Second that no identification is required to vote in the UK, a fact that would be a cute sign of trust if was not such an appalling symbol of misplaced unaccountability.…

So who won the UK elections…well, we know that Mr Cameron won the race, Mr Clegg won the power-game, and Mr Brown gets to do another lap to see if he can pick up the gold medal through his constitutional right to offer power-sharing bribes to others. As I write this blog, it seems likely that Brown will fail in his attempts to do a deal, Mr Cameron will get his run at the main game, and Mr Clegg would be foolish not to find a way to climb on board the Tory bandwagon.…