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To Vote or Not to Vote: political parties, disability, and the politics of the personal

April 29, 2015May 5, 2015 by Editor
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As the 2015 general election approaches, Peter Handley considers whether the main parties' position on disability policy have done enough to warrant his vote. I guess I should say right at the outset this piece is not an entreaty to those who may read it either to vote or not…
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This year’s election soundtracks won’t win many votes

April 27, 2015March 1, 2016 by Editor
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Bill Clinton had Fleetwood Mac.   New Labour had Britpop. Professor John Street considers what the campaign soundtrack for Ed Miliband, David Cameron or any of the other parties vying for victory on May 7 might be. As with shopping malls, so it is with election campaigns. Somewhere in the background,…
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Why should I vote for you? Reason and Rhetoric in the general election campaign

April 27, 2015May 15, 2015 by Editor
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UEA's Professor Alan Finlayson (School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies) spoke in London in April 2015, ahead of the UK general election on 'Why should I vote for you? Reason and Rhetoric in the general election campaign'.   He was joined in discussion by Lord Glasman (Labour peer)…
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East of England – tired of being forgotten?

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 by Editor
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Dr. Nick Wright considers the role of the East in forthcoming general election. At his party conference last September, Ed Miliband told activists from the east of England that any Labour victory would come via its constituencies. While it seems likely the region will remain predominantly blue after May 7,…
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Political parties are desperate to find out what you get up to online

March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 by Editor
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Dr. Paul Bernal considers how political parties are collecting and using citizen's data to campaign and get their voters out. A few weeks ago a tweet was doing the rounds. ‘How many people share your name on the electoral register?’ it asked, and in the run up to the election…
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Ten ways the parties can repair their brands

March 10, 2015March 1, 2016 by Editor
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Political parties in the UK are historically unpopular, with declining membership, distrust of politicians and cyncism towards politics.  Robert Jones from the Norwich Business School suggests 10 ways in which they can repair their brands. Of the ten most hated brands in Britain, four are political parties, according to recent research.…
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The BBC needs a clear policy to ensure impartial televised debates

March 9, 2015 by Editor
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UEA student Adam Kinghorn argues that the BBC’s ad hoc approach in deciding which political parties should be invited to their televised general election debates needs reforming into a clear set of criteria so that political parties and viewers alike know what is required. The BBC is considered to be…
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Goats for votes: UEA students lead the voter registration drive

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 by Editor
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The 5th February 2015 was the second ever National Voter Registration Day, organised by Bite the Ballot to encourage people in the UK to register to vote. Students from UEA led the way by organising the imaginative 'Goats for Votes' campaign, explained in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVkJHColiVw   [View the story…
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The future of UK electoral administration

February 3, 2015February 5, 2015 by Editor
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Toby James gave the opening talk at the Association of Electoral Administrators conference in Brighton on Sunday night.  The topic of the talk was ‘From here to where? Modernisation of electoral administration in Britain.’  In this post he looks at how the way we run elections can be made improved after…
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Interpreting #GE2015 polls in one animated GIF

January 20, 2015January 21, 2015 by Editor
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As part of electionforecast.co.uk, Dr Chris Hanretty has had to analyse polls dating back to 1979. Here, he writes about how you should interpret the changes that the polls imply. Here it is: the animated GIF that explains how you should interpret GE2015 polls. It shows all the poll movements…
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