Tag Archives | UK election 2010

Why I’m joining Labour

UK Labour continue to impress, coming out with a very impressive web app only days after the general election.

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Tomorrow, we fight on

Gordon Brown gave a magnificent speech at the UK Labour Party HQ, thus affirming his role as one of the great statesmen of British politics: We fought for the future. And we continue to fight unceasingly because progress is not a word we just speak but a reality we have been creating where the ambit [...]

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How the Tories lost the unlosable election

With negotiations between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats taking place as I write, it’s worth considering why the Tories are in this invidious position. A few months ago, David Cameron and his coterie were riding high in the polls, with expectations high that Labour would be smashed at the ballot box. The rout [...]

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Britain’s first internet election?

TechPresident and CNN International are posing the question whether this UK election is the first “social media” election. Certainly both Labour and the Tories have made extensive use of the Internet, including iphone apps, and innovative web apps. We’ve seen Twitter and Facebook used extensively, and David Cameron was widely reported in the election commentary [...]

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Political web apps: UK Labour’s linking with Facebook and Twitter

UK Labour is taking the General Election very seriously – and is steaming ahead with its online engagement. With the polls showing that around a third of the electorate is still undecided, this outreach is especially important. The newest web offering from UK Labour is a web-app that allows Labour supporters to comment on the [...]

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UK Labour has unleashed their latest salvo against the Tories, in the form of a poster criticising David Cameron for wanting to turn Britain into an international minnow. It’s interesting to see that the UK election is fought out in large part through creative design used to easily explain complicated issues and policy. What is [...]

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Why the conservatives are wrong on the economy

UK Labour media master Alastair Campbell has an excellent post on his blog today about how the Tories consistently fail on strategy, even if they excel on tactics. He basically makes the point that even though the media is on their side, and they are able to get their line in the paper each day, [...]

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David Cameron on the campaign trail

Just before the election was called, there were some very interesting articles about David Cameron and the UK Tory Party’s approach to online campaigning. The Tories (like most opposition parties, such as the Democrats with Obama in 2008, and Labor in 2007 with Kevin 07) are being quite innovative and creative with their online activities. [...]

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Not an April Fools Joke: Don’t take us back

April Fools Day 2010 brought us one of the best fake political campaigns of the decade, with the “Vote Labour. Or Else.” slogan. Now, with the British election starting today (with the poll on May 6), let’s look at the British Labour Party’s actual campaign. British Labour is doing a lot of good things with [...]

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“Change”: the most vacuous political slogan of all

Tony Blair has a new election website for the British general election this year. In a 10 minute video, he exposes the vacuous nature of the UK Tories campaign, and how, although they are advocating “change”, they haven’t spelled out what change actually means: What happens after a long period of one party in Government, [...]

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Best April Fools Gag of 2010: Vote Labour. Or else.

The Guardian has a very serious looking, credible sounding article about British Labor’s election strategy. It reads so seriously in fact that it’s not until the fourth paragraph that it becomes clear that it is a fantastic April Fools gag. Following months of allegations about Brown’s explosive outbursts and bullying, Downing Street will seize the [...]

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Engaging the progressive grass-roots in the UK

The UK Labour Party have been widely decried as being on their last legs, out of ideas, dead ducks, etc. However, behind the scenes, a growing movement of vibrant progressives is building and organising. Much of it is being supported and encouraged by the Labour Party. This rise of progressive online political action also coincides [...]

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