UK election

Conservatives Shock the World (but Not Me) in UK Election

Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 6:36 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

The reason for the shock, of course, is that polls had Labour either winning or, at the very least, fighting the Conservatives down to the last seat. Truth be told, far too many politicians and reporters treat pollsters like soothsayers these days. And no pollster cultivates this treatment more than Nate Silver – whose FiveThirtyEight analytics attained… Read more.

Underdog wins Britain’s historic election debate

Friday, April 16, 2010 at 5:39 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

In an event purportedly as historic as the first televised US presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon 50 years ago, the leaders of Britain’s three major parties – Labour’s Gordon Brown, the Conservative’s David Cameron, and the Liberal Democrats’ Nick Clegg – engaged in the country’s first televised election debate in Manchester… Read more.