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Watch and laugh: Clarke and Dawe – Name Suppressed for Obvious Reasons
More comedy genius from Australia’s Clarke and Dawe: Also on YouTube.
Paddy Ashdown makes an important point about online snooping
Writing for The Guardian, the former Lib Dem leader and spy himself Paddy Ashdown has said: Some in this government (and even more in the last one) propose that there is a fundamental difference between the data of communications – that is, who communicated with whom – and the content – what they said. Not [...]
A Million Jobs For A Stronger Economy
Welcome to the new Liberal Democrat campaign website: A Million Jobs For A Stronger Economy. As it says: The Liberal Democrats are building a stronger economy in a fairer society, enabling every person to get on in life. That’s why Liberal Democrats in government have helped business create more than 1 million private sector jobs, [...]
Helena Morrissey’s report into Liberal Democrat culture and processes
Here is Helena Morrissey’s report into Liberal Democrat culture and processes, a report triggered by the allegations earlier this year that the Liberal Democrats had failed to handle properly previous complaints of sexual harassment. In addition to the main purpose of the report, if you are not familiar with what political parties are really like [...]
New from Amnesty: What is Amnesty International?
Amnesty is a movement of ordinary people from around the world standing up for humanity and human rights. This short film shows you how... and why.
William Shakespeare does on message, in volume, over time
“On message, in volume, over time” is one of the favourite phrases of Nick Clegg’s strategy advisor, Ryan Coetzee. As a way of bundling up several pieces of good campaigning and communication advice into a simple, memorable phrase it is great. Understanding the importance of repetition is nothing new, nor indeed is the resistance to [...]
Rediscovering and modernising Community Politics
I wrote this last year for a proposed publication that didn’t make it to print. As it’s still very relevant I thought it worth sharing now. What was Community Politics? Since the 2010 general election, and in particular since the May 2011 election results, it has almost become a cliché in many parts of the [...]
Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling
Let me show you the world, says Swedish academic Han Rosling as he demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions.
Email training in Southwark
Rob Blackie organised a great email campaigning training session today for Liberal Democrats in London. The format, covering only a couple of things and therefore giving people lots of time to try them out hands on and with plenty of trainers in the room to give direct assistance, worked really well. We used the Southwark [...]
