Tele-deviationists
So who says politicians are desperate to get on television? Delighted to see the cameras turn up for last week's election forum in Cardiff, local AUT organisers were more than a little nonplussed...
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After Bryan, the Pope?
Coming soon to the Labour front bench, Life After Bryan. And with Dearing in the offing, Mr Blair may need to give the further and higher education brief rather more attention than it normally gets....
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What a sauce
With our customary impartiality, Antithesis is pleased to offer all parties a solution to the EU fishing crisis, coupled with an economically attractive way of funding the British space effort....
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Shark bait
A long drop in front of the speakers' seats at this week's Vote for Science election meeting run by Save British Science became the focus of political debate when Adam Ingram, shadow science minister...
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Grot the lot by dot
However, if tactical voting of an anti-Tory nature is starting to appeal after you have read our leader (page 11), have a look at the web site of Grot, the Get Rid Of Them group. If one of its...
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Independence foray
One person for whom such tactics are likely to be unnecessary is LSE academic Alan Sked, leader of the UK Independence Party. Somewhat upstaged by the Jimmy-come-latelies of the Referendum Party, the...
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Ever-so flexible friend
Alan Howarth is a mere beginner in the party flexibility stakes compared to alumnus to be proud of No 99. Old fans of junior minister John Horam can hardly have been surprised that he was the...
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Hot house flowers long since wilted
WHERE SUSSEX University was once a hot house of political activism, many of its students today admit to little more than political cynicism. "In our house we are displaying a Labour poster," said one...
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The moribund majority rule
Students have the voting clout to decide the winner of some marginal seats but it seems that their apathy could result in them wasting the opportunity. THES reporters profile seven hotspots. THE...
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Socratic debate spiced with traditional mud slinging
A SUCCESSION of elderly women unchained their front doors and confirmed support for Ian Gibson, Labour candidate for marginal Norwich North as he toured a council sheltered housing estate. "It's time...
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Apathy spoils Forsyth saga
AS YOU emerge from Stirling railway station, every lamppost is festooned with placards promoting Scotland's four main political parties. Two miles away, in Stirling University, the noticeboards are...
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The constituency of silence
STUDENTS comprise between 15 and 20 per cent of the electorate in Conservative held Leeds North West. The constituency includes Headingley, famed for its rugby league and cricket grounds, where...
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Foster faces tactical legacy
CAMPAIGN stickers for the Liberal Democrat candidate in Bath proclaim "Carry on Don". The problem is that Don Foster, the MP and party education spokesman, may not be allowed to carry on. His...
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Beer and skittles beats the ballot box
AT ONE time, Plymouth probably had the closest thing to a command economy west of Berlin with one in three people making a living directly or indirectly from the defence industry. But with the end of...
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Rabbi attacks Catholic schools
THE CHANCELLOR of the University of Ulster is at the centre of a public row over the province's religiously divided education system. The university moved to isolate Rabbi Julia Neuberger after she...