Professional politics needs to stop being patronising

Posted on Monday May 6th 2013 by Nick Denys

“The choice is between a one-nation Labour Party that knows we rebuild Britain by standing up for the many and a Conservative-led government that only stands up for the few.” This is a generic Ed Miliband quote. It doesn’t matter … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Society | Tagged , , , | 13 Comments

5 lessons on how to deal with UKIP

Posted on Friday May 3rd 2013 by Nick Denys

This election has been a UKIP election. The next election, for the EU Parliament, will also by a UKIP election. The Conservatives need to think deeply about how to deal with the Party. The Times reports that “for every one … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections | Tagged , , | 14 Comments

Broaden and widen in order to deepen

Posted on Thursday May 2nd 2013 by Fiona Melville

James Bethell wrote an excellent piece on Monday about the practicalities of negative campaigning; I do think his four essential points apply more widely than just to UKIP. They are: Timing Vehicle of your message Carrier of your message Substance of your … Continue reading →

Posted in Party Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

The possibility of reality must match the rhetoric

Posted on Wednesday May 1st 2013 by Fiona Melville

The Guardian this morning is running an ‘exclusive’ about the Ministry of Defence asking the Department for International Development for contributions to the cost of delivering overseas development assistance via the military (things like transporting DfID and NGO staff and … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

See-through future

Posted on Thursday April 25th 2013 by Fiona Melville

One of the things that we – largely – take for granted is access to information. Yet as this government works through its programme, we are getting access to more and more information with, crucially, context (that’s how we know … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments