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The Electoral Commission and Welsh political activists
The Electoral Commission may want to consider revising its regulations following the refusal of political activists to register as a lead opposition party for the Welsh Assembly referendum on devolution on 3 March. Apparently, this is permitted within the present...
How Cameron should reach out to grassroots
While speculation continues about who Andy Coulson's successor will be, a couple of reports caught my attention today. The first was the front page story in PR Week which states that Andy Coulson helped push through "a radical restructure of the Downing Street comms...
You can have a SuperBlog too
I would like to thank Ian McKendrick for my new professional website, or SuperBlog, as he describes it. As it is still based on a Wordpress theme - originally designed by my social media mentor Geoff Jones - it was quite a painless process for him to transfer the...
Living with a monster child
I was appalled to read a shocking court case in my local paper today about a mother who was too frightened to wake her violent teenage son to send him to school; he has only attended 22 out of 175 sessions and she pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to secure his...
Why Public School Boys Run Britain
I'll be watching Andrew Neil's BBC 2 programme this evening, Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain. The focus will naturally be on David Cameron and Nick Clegg who both had a privileged education. Let's separate the words "public school" and "boys" and...
A walk around Barrington
Today I put on my walking boots for my first trek this year to join doughty members of Cambridge Rambling Club. We met in Barrington, a village south of Cambridge where I used to once rent a cottage on its picturesque village green. It's so gorgeous that it is the...
An evening with John Gummer and climate change
I was curious to discover what John Gummer had been doing since stepping down as a Conservative MP at the last general election to champion climate change. So I was only too happy to accept an invitation to hear him speak to Cambridge university students and city...
David Cameron meets charity leaders
I am delighted to learn that Headway UK was one of 13 charities invited to meet David Cameron and key Cabinet members to discuss the transformation of public services. Charities play a vital role in delivering crucial services not met by government, such as Headway,...
The dangers of a one man brand
I am a huge Apple fan and desperately sad to learn that its CEO Steve Jobs is unwell again and being treated for neuroendocrine cancer. He has been widely credited with transforming Apple from a failing company in the 1990s to the very desirable and hugely successful...