As I mentioned yesterday, I spent this morning at the launch of Jury Team. You can read my livetweeting of the event here. There are a few points I’d like to emphasise: Firstly, it is now clear that Jury Team is not another Your Party. It’s strength is the simplicity of the concept. In essence,… Continue reading Jury Team – the verdict
Tag: candidate-selection
Girlguides fail their policymaking badge
I hope Jane Merrick doesn’t feel that by quoting two of her articles in half an hour I am actually stalking her. But the Independent reports a new paper published by Girlguiding UK, the Fawcett Society and the BYC today about how our political system is failing young women: More than a quarter of girls… Continue reading Girlguides fail their policymaking badge
Tory candidates put on watch
This is probably little more than pre-election nerves, but Michael Crick has been having fun with it: The Conservative Party high command is so worried about some of David Cameron’s Parliamentary candidates that they’ve started holding meetings every two weeks to monitor what they call a “watch-list” of those “have the potential to embarrass the… Continue reading Tory candidates put on watch