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Tag Archives: Community
Lessons for Conservatives from community organising
Back in 2008 Barack Obama made community organising famous, although that didn’t help anybody understand what it was. First of all the bad news: it’s definitely left-wing. The community organising approach does however have important lessons for political campaigning more … Continue reading
Posted in Elections
Tagged Campaigning, Change, Choice, Community, Issues, Making a Difference, Targeting, USA
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How’s the Big Society doing?
Two and a half years on from that ‘Invitation to Join the Government of Britain’, where is the Big Society? The centrepiece of the Conservatives 2010 Manifesto was the Big Society. Except it wasn’t. It was the centrepiece of the … Continue reading
Posted in Big Society
Tagged Change, Choice, Community, Control, Education, Government, Health, People, Public services, Reform, Society, State, Welfare
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Even if it’s a joke, Kelvin MacKenzie’s idea for a southern party is worrying
I hope Kelvin MacKenzie’s call for a ‘Southern Party’ is a joke. If it’s not, and it’s at all indicative of wider centre-right thinking about the future of the UK, we should be nervous: because it’s deeply worrying, utterly wrong, and profoundly … Continue reading
Are the Lib Dems missing a trick?
Good narratives are emerging from those at the periphery, but has Nick Clegg taken heed? If there’s one thing I’ve taken from the LibDem conference this year, it’s that there is hope for truly radical policy-making within the party – … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged Community, Individualism, Localism, Radical, Responsibility, Society
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Boris, Boris, Boris…
This evening just after the Hyde Park beacon was lit Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, delivered a rallying cry to a crowd of 60,000 Olympic revellers. He spoke for about a minute. Roughly 270 words. By the end of his … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Community, London2012, Nation, Olympics, Participation, Politicians
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