General Election - Photo ID needed!

Remember you need a photo ID to vote in the upcoming General Election on 4th July.

If you aren't online or need help getting free voter ID come along to one of the drop in sessions - the final one is next Wednesday - details below.

For more information on voter ID go to www.dundeecity.gov.uk/general-election-2024/uk-general-election-2024

Voting registration deadline today!

They’re registered to vote, are you?

Today is the last day left to register to vote in the UK Parliament general election on 4th July.

If you are not already on the electoral roll, make sure you register before midnight.

Register now at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Labour and SNP voters in Dundee switching to the LibDems en masse

In an otherwise negative article about the LibDems in today's Sunday Times, Jenny Hjul comes up with the following anecdote :

Unscientific evidence suggests that in the former Labour or Nationalist strongholds of Dundee, octogenarians charmed by the telegenic alternative to Brown and Cameron are switching en masse. This is very good news for Clegg and Co because the elderly are the demographic most likely actually to go out and vote on May 6.

I have news for Jenny. Those of us who have been chapping on the doors of Dundee households over the past few weeks know it is a wee bit wider than the elderly vote - voters of all ages in Dundee are switching to the LibDems, mainly at the expense of Labour & SNP - and the Tory vote has all but collapsed.

You have been warned ...

Today's 'Sunday Times' (see http://tinyurl.com/snptory) :

"Alex Salmond: I’d back Tories at Westminster

Alex Salmond has been accused of betraying Scotland after revealing he is willing to support a Conservative government in the event of a hung parliament at Westminster.

The first minister said he would co-operate with a David Cameron-led administration on key legislation ...

Last week, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, announced £7 billion of annual savings, including a pay freeze at Whitehall departments and quangos. Holyrood would face a corresponding cut of up to £520m a year, or about £2 billion over four years."

Dundee's political history ...

You'll need RealPlayer to view but the clip from BBC Scotland on Dundee politics is well worth a listen.

The politics of Dundee, including what Dundonians thought of local MP Winston Churchill.

Click on the headline above.