Nick Robinson, the BBC’s Political Editor, has published the script of an excellent lecture he gave recently on the troubled relationship between politics and the media. He outlines 5 stages in order to repair the marriage. It is well worth reading. He quotes Nick Clarke who once said to Alistair Read more
As part of some work we’ve been looking at election portals from around the world. We’ve not found as many as we’d like and they are all at a del.icio.us tag in case you’re interested in what we’ve found. One of the difficulties is that by their very nature the Read more
Pressure seems to be building against Mr Galloway. Martin Linton, MP has proposed an Early Day Motion expressing dismay. Hilary Armstrong MP, Govt. Chief Whip, has started a petition against him. (Hat tip to Tom Watson). However www.revolts.co.uk points out that since Galloway had such a poor record of voting Read more
George Galloway has entered the Big Brother house. Some don’t like it. George obviously does and thinks it is good for politics. My first instinct was "Hasn’t he a job to do without spending 3 weeks in the house?", but apparently he is in there to "spread our message". It Read more
Most people are aware of the Electoral Commission’s DoPolitics TV advertising (the pencil drawn characters in the pub, one doesn’t do politics, he just complains). Whilst working on proposals on Voter Engagement for the May 2006 Local Elections I tried to work out what my 30 sec ad would look Read more