Monthly Archives: June 2010
Why are there not more MPs, MEPs and elected representatives using new media?
I don’t often post about using the web, being web-savvy to use the jargon. However, I was inspired to write something today by this excellent post on LabourList As a web user – blogger and Twitterer with a serious Facebook … Continue reading
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By-election for Lambeth Council in Tulse Hill Ward
Tomorrow there will be a by-election for Lambeth Council in Tulse Hill Ward, a safe Labour seat in the last London Borough election in May 2006. However, we shouldn’t take anything for granted, and the local Labour Party have been … Continue reading
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Vacancy for a Summer Intern
I am advertising for an intern in my London office over the summer months. Full details of the (paid) vacancy are on the excellent w4mp website here. I’m also pleased that it has been posted on the Vibe. The Vibe … Continue reading
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The real cost of Osborne’s Budget
David Cameron is today spending huge amounts of taxpayers’ money holding a Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire. When Gordon Brown took his Cabinet to Leeds at the end of 2008, West Yorkshire Police spent £138,000 on extra security. Add travel, hotels, … Continue reading
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Visa monopoly over Olympics is not a game
I read with dismay this week at the Olympic Committee’s decision that only fans who use a Visa debit, credit or pre paid card will be permitted to make ticket purchases. Visa will also have exclusivity inside the village so … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round Up
If the budget did one thing, it showed the Coalition Government in its true colours. Now we know it’s a Tory Government in which the Lib-Dems appear to have very little say, I have decided it would be useful to do a weekly digest of … Continue reading
More reasons not to buy a property in northern Cyprus
I received this e-mail a few days ago from someone who has been very badly affected by the property situation in northern Cyprus, as have very many others. I am putting it on the blog to stress just how careful … Continue reading
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Unlike new Australian PM Harriet Harman fights for women
I would recommend you read this post on the New Statesman Staggers blog about the new Australian Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard. There have, of course, been the inevitable comparisons between Julia Gillard and Harriet Harman. Both are female lawyers … Continue reading
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Sign the Petition for Equal Representation of Women in TV drama
Following on from the recent event in the European Parliament on the representation of women in TV and film, the Vice-President of Equity UK, Jean Rogers, has sent me an online petition which I would urge all of you to sign. You will … Continue reading
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Sign the Equity Petition
Sign the Petition for Equal Representation of Women in TV drama here and let the TV companies know that we want equal representation of women on TV.
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