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The perils of political canvassing
May your new year on the doorsteps go better than this pair of all too true scenes from Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton:
Campaign Corner: Is it better for a candidate to have a website or a blog?
Today’s Campaign Corner question: I'm standing in May and not sure what matters most - my website, having a blog or both?
The four things the new party Chief Executive must prioritise
Dear Tim, Congratulations on your appointment as Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats. You take up the post in tough but exciting times. Even if you were not one person but a superhuman army of fifty you would not be able to do all the things party members and staff are saying they want from [...]
Get your skates on and submit a motion to Liberal Democrat conference about wealth taxes
Nick Clegg’s recent ‘open society’ speech confirmed that increases taxes on wealth in some form is very much on the political agenda. However, the default party policy option – a mansion tax – was highly controversial in the party when it was introduced (which is rather a polite term for the rolling lesson in how [...]
Campaign Corner: How do we get more leaflet deliverers?
Today’s Campaign Corner question: We know that there is more campaigning than leafleting, but our big problem at the moment is a shortage of deliverers. How should we go about getting more?
Campaign Corner: Should campaigning stop at Christmas?
The Campaign Corner series looks to give three tips about commonly asked campaign issues. Do get in touch if you have any questions you would like to suggest. Today’s Campaign Corner question: I can’t wait to get some rest over Christmas! But should we give all our helpers a long break without asking them to do anything?
It’s the Euro’s fate, not Britain’s fate, which is the key post-summit question
Sat on a shelf a few metres away from me is a box containing the various military medals won by my relatives over previous generations. The medals criss-cross Europe, coming from different countries, over the three wars that had a German-French conflict at their centre. To British eyes that count of three wars may seem odd, but...
Campaign Corner: Is less really more?
The Campaign Corner series looks to give three tips about commonly asked campaign issues. Do get in touch if you have any questions you would like to suggest. Today’s Campaign Corner question: In a previous Campaign Corner you wrote that “Less is more”, praising big headlines, white space etc. But don’t many issues need more explanation [...]
“There is absolutely no chance of us winning there” – Conservative MP’s Feltham & Heston outburst
I headed over this morning to help Roger Crouch’s Parliamentary by-election campaign in Feltham & Heston, all of which went fairly smoothly (at least once I remembered to open my eyes) and it was good to see high quality literature that tied in well with other campaign activity, such as the local newspaper adverts for [...]
