So, Russell Brand’s interview on Newsnight and New Statesman editorial has caused an awful lot of brouhaha, and I’d kind of like to join in. I find a lot of what he has to say on the subject of voting not only wrong but actually quite offensive. His assertion that my grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ generation… Continue reading Russell Brand and the Emperor’s new thong
Tag: voter engagement
That which does not kill me makes me stronger
Wondering why I haven’t been blogging recently? I’ve been building this: You are reading this because your browser doesn’t support Iframes. Try this link instead. After the nightmare that was Vote Match Europe, this one was comparatively plain sailing (on the launch of the Europe version I was still trying to make it work five… Continue reading That which does not kill me makes me stronger
MPs: incumbancy and miscommunication
I got not one but four annual reports in the post today by my MP Andrew Dismore, with the promise of a basketful of others if I can claim to be jewish, chinese, tamil, cypriot and a bunch of other ethnic communities (Labour corporatism is alive and well). In fairness to him, his reports are… Continue reading MPs: incumbancy and miscommunication