Reaching beyond the core
Our Guest writer is Chris Williams, who has run a number of Green Party election campaigns, and was manager of the Norwich South General Election campaign. This is the latest in our series on messaging in Green election campaigns. Greens are attracted to be members not for the amazing 24/7 media coverage we receive or [...]
Greens need to get out of the Comfort Zone to win
In the 2009 Rectorial election at Edinburgh University New Labour grandee George Foulkes was on his way to defeat by Iain Macwhirter. Foulkes couldn’t escape the consequences of voting for tuition and top up fees, ID cards and the war in Iraq while an MP. He was unable to make his local campaign issues (like [...]
How The Scottish Parliament Can Make Fair Votes a Reality
There’s one pressing issue that faces the UK now. That is the response to recession from the Westminster government. As other contributors here have pointed out, the current approach is likely to send the economy back into recession with disastrous effect. There is, however, an opportunity to change the way the UK selects its governments. [...]
Students preparing to bite back
This time last year, I wrote a comment piece for “the Herald”, arguing that today’s students are the most politicised for a generation. The main (though not only) piece of evidence I cited was a massive increase in turnout in student elections up and down the country. Politicians should take note – the conventional wisdom [...]
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