'Influencing the influentials'– excellent post by Duncan Green
Duncan Green has just posted insights from a recent research project that the Oxfam GB has run into ‘influencing the influentials’. I’d highly recommend reading it –...
View ArticleThe death of the local paper
Should campaigners be concerned at the rapid death of local newspapers? As the Guardian reported on Monday many titles are looking to make significant cuts as sales of their publications fall and...
View ArticleThe life of a junior minister
I’ve be reading the very enjoyable diaries of Chris Mullin MP over the Easter weekend, entitled ‘A View from the Foothills‘ they’re a great look at life somewhere down the ministerial pecking order....
View ArticleMinisterial Correspondence
It has long been believed that getting an MP to write to minister is a more effective than sending postcards directly to a government department. Why? Because protocol dictates that a letter from an...
View ArticleTwitter – here to stay
So, after a very long summer break I’m back…one of my first blogs back in February was about twitter I asked if it was going to catch on. I was cautiously optimistic, I wanted it to work, but was wary...
View ArticleLists of people who matter
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a big fan of lists. Although I’m not a natural Daily Telegraph reader, their annual profiles of the top 100 most influential people in each of the...
View ArticleAre top ministers avoiding meetings with NGOs?
Tom Watson has shared a treasure trove of information about who’s getting meetings with the new government on his blog. Publishing documents previously available only to those with access to the House...
View ArticleWhen a NGO admits it’s wrong. WWF and it’s (non) involvement in the Save Our...
It’s not often you see a big NGO come out in public and admit that they got something wrong. So it’s great to see WWF put out a statement today effectively apologising for its lack of public action and...
View ArticleThe Engagement – 10 lessons from the US campaign for same-sex marriage
The Engagement is Sasha Isssenberg’s (author of the Victory Lab which is another must-read) latest book, and it’s the authoritative book on the campaign for same-sex marriage in the USA, An absorbing...
View ArticleGetting Ahead of the Curve – 6 Considerations for Campaigners ahead of the...
I spend a lot of time thinking about the Labour Party – my wife would suggest at times it’s been way too much time! But as we’re now around 18 months out from the last possible date for a General...
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