Give Oxford, Cambridge and Camden What They Voted For

BY STEPHEN PAX LEONARD It is no secret that the recent local election results were catastrophic for the Labour Party. Of course, this comes as no big surprise. Labour’s policies are bankrupting the country. Yields on UK government bonds show that the market has lost trust in Britain. More or less everything is impoverished, broken or dysfunctional. Britain has become a bloated welfare state whose … Continue reading Give Oxford, Cambridge and Camden What They Voted For

countrysquiremagazineMay 14, 2026May 13, 2026

Local Elections

Of the Labour Government and Its Systematic Thievery

BY THE EDITOR The nature of this Labour government is not to protect, but to plunder; not to govern, but to confiscate. For what is this Starmer-led regime, if not a band of licensed cut-purses, operating under the colour of law, whose depredations are so constant and so institutionalised that men mistake them for governance? Where sovereigns of old took by force and called it tribute, these … Continue reading Of the Labour Government and Its Systematic Thievery

countrysquiremagazineApril 30, 2025May 1, 2025

scotland

Hustings by Email in Scotland

BY IAN MITCHELL As a responsible democrat I thought, when this election was called, that I would write to the candidates to ask them a few questions before deciding how to vote. We had no hustings this time, even in Campbeltown, and our MSP has not visited the town for ages. So election time seems to be the only opportunity to enter into dialogue with … Continue reading Hustings by Email in Scotland

countrysquiremagazineMay 3, 2021May 3, 2021

Politics

Britain First or Independent?

CSM INVESTIGATIONS Country Squire Magazine has discovered that Britain First members are sending out electoral leaflets for this month’s local elections with candidates describing themselves as “Independent”. Britain First has unsuccessfully contested elections to the House of Commons, the European Parliament and the mayoralty of London. In 2016 after Jo Cox’s death proscribing Britain First was discussed in the Commons – there is no link between Cox’s death and … Continue reading Britain First or Independent?

countrysquiremagazineMay 1, 2019May 1, 20192 Comments

Politics

Vote Tory or UKIP in May

BY REBECCA HARRIS The next Local Government Elections will be held on Thursday 3 May 2018 and will include: London Boroughs Metropolitan Districts Shire Districts Single Tier Shire Districts For more detail on future elections, the Department for Communities and Local Government publish a list of election cycles by type of local authority in England . It is hard to believe that anyone with a … Continue reading Vote Tory or UKIP in May

countrysquiremagazineMarch 15, 2018March 13, 2018