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May 8 2013
St George Farage and the mainstream party dragons: political communication in the age of austerity
Leave a commentIn the not so distant past if we were discussing political communications trends we might talk about Facebook and Barack Obama, or Twitter and #IagreewithNick’. Today I want to look at Nigel Farage and the George and Dragon pub. [You … Continue reading
Apr 8 2013
Margaret Thatcher: how she reshaped politics and political communications
Leave a commentTwo great quotes from veteran journalists of the Thatcher era: Max Hastings: ‘I went in to ask awkward questions and came out feeling like I’d been hit by a truck’ Elinor Goodman: ’She used her eyebrows as quotation marks in case … Continue reading
Posted by: April 8, 2013
Tagged with: communications, politics, public sphere, spin, Thatcher, Westminster
Nov 21 2012
Chinese media soft power – the debate at LSE
Leave a commentI spent an hour last Sunday in the London studios of CCTV, the Chinese state global broadcaster. I as there to be part of a panel debate chaired from their studio in Beijing about the crisis in the BBC. The … Continue reading
Posted by: November 21, 2012
Tagged with: China, diplomacy, events, media, politics, soft power
Oct 30 2012
The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy – Douglas Carswell MP at Polis LSE November 1st
Leave a commentDouglas Carswell MP will be talking about his new book The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy on Thursday November 1st from 1-2pm. The Venue: Room 104, New Academic Building, Lincolns’ Inn Fields. Directions here It’s free but … Continue reading
Posted by: October 30, 2012
Tagged with: douglas carswell, events, politics
Oct 26 2012
Misestimation and misrepresentation: polling for the truth (guest blog)
Leave a commentPollster Ben Page thinks there’s a big lie out there: “nobody believes anybody anymore, the media are evil, and market researchers are evil and can’t predict anything.” In his LSE lecture as part of the Polis Media Agenda Talk series … Continue reading
Posted by: October 26, 2012
Tagged with: Ben Page, events, guest blog, Ipsos Mori, Lectures, Media Agenda Talks, myths, politics, Polling, Public, truth
Sep 22 2012
Sorry. Not actually the hardest word.
Leave a commentNick Clegg and Andrew Mitchell both did the right thing in apologising for things they did that were wrong. Yet both got it wrong. Any parent can tell you why.
Posted by: September 22, 2012
Tagged with: Andrew Mitchell, apologies, ethics, FT, Janan Ganesh, morality, Nick Clegg, politics, sorry, trasnprency
Sep 20 2012
You’ve Got To Laugh: Why Humour Is Dangerous For Politicians
Leave a commentEvery time a politician cracks a carefully scripted joke, a little satire fairy dies. The worst are those conference speech gags that only the die-hard supporters find funny – like Peter Lilley’s ghastly Gilbert and Sullivan parody. But now the public … Continue reading
Posted by: September 20, 2012
Tagged with: autotune, humour, Nick Clegg, politics, satire, sorry, twitter, video, YouTube
Sep 7 2012
The Village Cycle: how political news changes when it speeds up
2 CommentsDanny Boyle might have shown it thus at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in one of his nostalgic tableaux of British history: A delivery boy in hobnail boots wobbles over the village green on a heavy framed bicycle, laden down with … Continue reading
Posted by: September 7, 2012
Tagged with: Democracy, Networked journalism, politics, reshuffle, Westminster
Sep 4 2012
The art of the impossible
Leave a commentThe current (re)shuffle is a great example of the limits on power. ‘Twas ever thus, you might say, but it’s even more true in an era of financial constraint and coalition government. Fine tuning, compromise and caution suit David Cameron’s … Continue reading
Posted by: September 4, 2012
Tagged with: cabinet, David Cameron, government, politics, reshuffle
Aug 24 2012
Why Doesn’t Julian Assange Leave WikiLeaks?
6 CommentsIf the Swedish legal pursuit of Julian Assange is, as he seems to suggest, part of an assault on WikiLeaks, why doesn’t he simply separate himself from the organisation for a while? WikiLeaks has millions of supporters around the world, … Continue reading
