Tonight: the Politics of Electoral Reform
Thursday, October 29th, 200929th October
A bit late this but this evening I shall be speaking to Birmingham Fabians about the Politics of Election Reform. This will not be some session for geeky statos rather than a serious discussion about the issues involved in changing our voting system.
7.00 pm, Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham.
Anyone can come along [...]
Remembering Redmond O’Neill
Thursday, October 29th, 2009On Friday morning the funeral takes place of Redmond O’Neill who was latterly Ken Livingstone’s Deputy Chief of Staff at the Office of the Mayor of London. Sadly I won’t be able to be at the funeral as I have fond memories of Redmond; I hope everyone there has a good day.
As an International Marxist [...]
What Future the Political Party?
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Saturday 10th October, 11.00 to 13.00.
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham.
Admission Free.
Public respect in political parties is at an all time low.The Labour government may well be running out of steam and out of time. How will progressive politics move forward over the coming years and what role will there be for political parties? [...]
