One of the widgets on my blog, MyBlogLog, allows me to see other MyBlogLog users who have visited my blog. A recent appearance on there, following on from the London 2012 logo post, is David Airey, who has a blog on graphic design and it’s really rather good. Do please take a look, particularly this [...]

I really liked the old logo for London 2012. It was colourful without being gaudy and imaginatively used the shape of the Thames as an integral part of the design. It was measured and confident and was very much the impression I’d like to give of London.
The BBC website reports that it has had a [...]

Paris Hilton, who I’m told is the archetype of the ‘celebutante‘ has gone to prison. It is tragic that this person is a role model, it would seem, for people when she comes out with such lines as “In the future, I plan on taking more of an active role [...]

Does anyone know where I can find a map of the UK parliamentary constituencies with the changes for the next General Election (including new or revived seats like Westminster North)?
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Update 1600: thanks to Luke Akehurst for emailing me links to the maps I’m after. Map to come after a period of geekery on the computer.

In the deputy leadership, CLPs can give supporting nominations. A total of 309 have seen fit to do so, and the breakdown is Hilary Benn (77), Jon Cruddas (68), Harriet Harman (60), Alan Johnson (45), Hazel Blears (36) and Peter Hain (23). Map to follow later.
The full list of nominations and supporting nominations is here.
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There’s been talk of late, coming from the deputy leadership election debates, about BME-only shortlists following the success of women-only shortlists. I tend to think in terms of the four NUS liberation campaigns - women’s, BME, LGBT and people with disabilities, but if the argument holds for women-only shortlists and BME-only shortlists, why would the [...]

PoliticalBetting.com has this graphic of the odds on different Labour deputy leadership candidates. The clear trends, after the Newsnight hustings, are the odds shortening on John Cruddas (he’s doing well) and lengthening on Peter Hain (he’s doing badly). Alan Johnson and Hilary Benn are on a different graphic as their odds are much shorter - [...]