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Three wards declared. Tories hold Woodingdean, Lib dems hold Brunswick and Greens gain both seats in Regency. Current state of the parties 2C 2G 2LD
More issues
Morning of the count
Morning. I’m at the count of the local elections here and I’ll be trying to liveblog the results as they’re announced. First one should be through at 11ish.
3rd of May
VOTE!
People have died for it.
Blair not voting tomorrow
Interesting little factoid from Downing Street Says…. Apparently the Prime Minister does not vote in local elections in his constituency, because he receives council services in London. As there are no elections in London tomorrow, he will not be able to vote in the last election of his premiership.
π
Factoid of the day is from Dr. Neil Basescu, in
Knowing pi to 39 decimal places would nearly suffice for computing the
circumference of a circle enclosing the known universe with an error no greater than the
nucleus of a hydrogen atom
Movement to the left of you
Interesting article in Salon (sub or watch an ad, sorry) about the way that the leftish “netroots” of the Democratic Party are aping the tactics of the conservative movement.
A squash and a squeeze
My factoid of the day today comes from last month’s Prospect, where David Goodhart reports that if London were as densely populated as Paris, it would have a population of 35m rather than 7.5m.
E-democracy conference, Strasbourg
Earlier this week I attended a Council of Europe conference on participation and electronic democracy. It was a very interesting event, attended by people from most Western European countries (no Central or Eastern Europe, although Estonia was mentioned as an example of good practice at the national level). The EU,
Chocolate standards
It’s not just those nasty European bureaucrats who have long rows about chocolate standards.
Combatting Wi-Fi fears
Bill Thompson’s latest BBC article combats the ludicrous scare-mongering of the Sindy and others, who claim that Wi-Fi systems rot your brain, cause cancer, and are the reason for unsightly ear hair.