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Winning the battle of ideas
There’s a by-election next week in the City of London for a new common councilman in the Ward which neighbours mine, Farringdon Within. My friend Mark Clarke (@MrMarkClarke), a management consultant...
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City Elections – why I’m standing with One Farringdon
The City of London’s four-yearly elections are to be held on Thursday 21st March and I’m standing for re-election in the Ward of Farringdon Without, which I have represented since 2009. Back then, I...
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Sticking, stuffing and delivering
It is but a few days now until polling day for the City of London common council elections on Thursday 21 March and I seem to be spending most of my waking hours sticking labels, stuffing envelopes and...
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‘Standing Up’ has fallen down – some thoughts on the City elections
This year’s City of London elections have been the hardest fought in living memory with 21 out of the 25 Wards being contested by over 150 candidates. The polls took place on March 21st and the results...
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Sexism in the City (Elections)
Simon Clark’s Bloomberg article “Sexism in the City of London as men rule in elections” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-25/sexism-in-the-city-of-london-as-men-rule-in-elections.html) draws out a...
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In memory of Harvey Milk – defending principles, fighting prejudice
Yesterday evening, my partner and I watched the 2008 film Milk, which tells the story of the political career of San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, America’s first openly gay elected public...
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General Election 2015: a gifted amateur’s prediction – Labour will be the...
Because of my well known interest in all things political, one of the most frequent questions I am asked these days is “What do you think will happen in the election?”. My general response up until now...
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General Election 2015: good luck to candidates – and their constituents
With three days to go until polling day in what is likely to be the tightest and most unpredictable election in living memory, my thoughts go out to all candidates and their campaign teams as they...
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General Election 2015: For our country’s sake, vote Liberal Democrat on May 7th
My last two election blog posts have tried to retain a certain degree of party neutrality, looking dispassionately at the likely outcomes in marginal seats and wishing candidates of all parties the...
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Sticking, stuffing and delivering
It is but a few days now until polling day for the City of London common council elections on Thursday 21 March and I seem to be spending most of my waking hours sticking labels, stuffing envelopes and...
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Ruth Davidson – a new kind of politician, a new kind of politics
Writing a post like this is liable to inflame some of my fellow Liberal Democrats and other friends who simply dislike Tories, but the results of Thursday’s elections to the Scottish Parliament...
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