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Theme : politics
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The Greatest Canadian
But the British import played well with more than a million votes cast for a top ten list that included Tommy Douglas, former Saskatchewan premier and father of universal healthcare; Terry Fox who ran across Canada on a mechanical leg to raise money for cancer research; former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who enshrined our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and patriated the Constitution from Westminster; Alexander Graham Bell, ring-ring; hockey great Wayne Gretzy; hockey commentator Don Cherry;...
from : petermacleod
30th November 2004
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Equalising inequality - policy proposals by Alan Milburn
Alan Milburn outlined Labour?s commitment to increasing the general life chances of the population, proposing measures to equalise the inequalities of social background. Having run through the statistics of Labour?s success since 1997 (interest and mortgage rates lowest since the 1960s, establishment of the minimum wage, 2 million out of poverty), he then situated Britain on the scale of social mobility worldwide, concluding that we are less socially fluid than comparable nations, such as the...
from : alistairdavidson
12th November 2004
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The Cat in the (political) Hat
Here's an interesting piece about the relationship between the politics and writing of Theodor Giesel (better known to you and I as Dr Seuss). [via Arts & Letters Daily]
from : paulmiller
10th November 2004
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Be prepared
Here are 16 essays from the Washington Monthly on 'What if Bush wins?'. Interesting stuff [via MetaFilter]
from : johncraig
22nd September 2004
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The World Speaks (to America)
This is interesting - The World Speaks, a website bringing together a diverse set of voices from around the world to speak their mind about the US Presidential Election. As the creators believe: "The outcome of the US presidential election affects all world citizens, Free and open discussion across national borders fosters understanding, The internet is revolutionizing communication between US voters and non-US citizens"
from : paulmiller
22nd September 2004
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Boris reporting for duty
It turns out that one suggestion for guest Greenhouse blogger has gone and set one up all by himself. Boris Johnson has entered the blogsphere. He's also taking suggestions on 'the funding of the arts'. He should take a look at this.
from : paulmiller
21st September 2004
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Blogging MPs are so last year
Now it's about blogging candidates. The Guardian has a story about Jody Dunn - the Lib Dem candidate for Peter Mandleson's old seat of Hartlepool - who will be blogging daily about the trials and tribulations of trying to get elected.
from : paulmiller
26th August 2004
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Moving on...
Wired has a really interesting piece by Gary Wolf about the history of Moveon.org and the power it is wielding in the forthcoming US election.
from : paulmiller
26th August 2004
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Blogging the party conferences
So James Crabtree of Vox Politics is trying to get some blogging going at the party conferences in the Autumn.Demos will be blogging bits and pieces ourselves, but who else would you like to see blogging? Can't imagine we'd get Blair, Howard or Kennedy but pop your suggestions in the comments box and we'll approach them to see if they'd like to guest blog for the Greenhouse.
from : paulmiller
11th August 2004
