Archive for total politics

The Miliband campaigning house parties

18 August 2010
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Over on the Total Politics website they’ve been poking fun at the ‘house party’ instructions issued by the David Miliband campaign. On reading the piece at first I thought it was being a little harsh, because house parties (where you invite electors – Labour members in this case – to a small event to discuss [...] »

Excuse me, but would you mind voting for me?

7 July 2010
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It's that time of the year when bloggers either ask for votes for the Total Politics poll or explain why they're not taking part in it. I certainly agree it shouldn't be taken too seriously, but as a rough idea of which political blogs a decent number of blog readers rate, it comes up with [...] »

TV leaders’ debates – the dos and don’ts, featuring Batman

15 April 2010
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Total Politics asked me to pen some words of advice to the party leaders ahead of tonight's first TV debate. Here's what I said: Dear Party Leader, The impact on campaigns of debates in other countries shows how your debate could be not only be historic but also campaign changing. Lower expectations The lower the [...] »

Total Politics: Dominic Carman responds to the Nick Griffin interview

28 March 2010
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Following Total Politics’s controversial decision to interview Nick Griffin, the magazine’s website is also running responses to it, including one from Dominic Carman (Lib Dem candidate for the same Barking constituency as Nick Griffin): Take three of Griffin’s answers from the Total Politics interview and contrast them with what he told me privately: On Afghanistan: “The only way [...] »

Yes, council websites can

2 October 2009
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The October edition of Total Politics has a piece from me on how local authorities can learn from the Obama campaign's mastery of the internet to build communities of active and engaged residents: Why does your local council exist? There are many answers to that question, especially from different points on the political spectrum, but [...] »

Total Politics Guide to Political Blogging in the UK

28 September 2009
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The 2009 edition is out, including a chapter from myself on the future of British political blogging and also a chapter from my Lib Dem Voice colleague Stephen Tall on the state of the Liberal Democrat blogosphere. Liberal Democrat bloggers Mark Thompson and Stephen Glenn also have their own pieces. It includes extensive listings of [...] »

Tim Farron’s book likes and dislikes: CS Lewis and Richard Dawkins

8 August 2009
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Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron features in the ‘Brought to book’ column in the current edition of Total Politics, answering questions such as: What is your least favourite book? The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I’m a Christian, but I don’t object to people criticising my faith or even trying to ‘disprove’ it. However, I do object [...] »

Under-rated political blogs: David Ottewell

31 July 2009
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As we approach the political blog awards season, with most notably the Total Politics blog awards but also the Liberal Democrat blog of the year awards, there is often criticism from some that the same old (Tory) faces dominate lists of "top" blogs. The Liberal Democrat blog of the year awards (which came from an [...] »
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