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#365daysofpolitics day 21: the great divide
Yesterday I started to read The Great Divide by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Years ago on a whim I picked up Globalisation and its Discontents and really enjoyed it, so when I heard about Stiglitz’s new book I quickly grabbed a copy. It’s great timing and I’m really looking forward to making my way through…
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#365daysofpolitics day 20: failing
“A little bit each day”, I thought to myself, “that’ll be easy.” Well it turns out I have a job, I’m a dad, I have hobbies and friends. Not to mention a house and car to take reasonable care of. Sometimes, even just sitting at the laptop for a few minutes to do some clicktivism isn’t particularly thrilling,…
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#365daysofpolitics day 16: Unlocking Magna Carta
Yesterday I drove to Nottingham University to take part in a discussion about politics in the digital age. While the name might be a bit suspect, the event was interesting. We heard from three speakers about their thoughts on democracy, and how the internet and digital tools effect it. I tweeted some of the more interesting tidbits,…
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#365daysofpolitics day 15: dragging this one out
I’m really taking my time over this data wrangling…
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#365daysofpolitics day 14: more wrangling
More of yesterday’s data wrangling tonight.
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#365daysofpolitics day 13: data wrangling
I’ve started work today on a script to automatically generated the seats data needed for the election data project. With that done, future elections should be easier to put together.
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#365daysofpolitics day 12: OMG PEOPLE
Today was the first time I actually met my fellow party officers. It sounds – and feels – weird that only today, after a general election, I met with the guys that stood for parliament under the manifesto that I helped to build with them. Paul and James were exactly as I’d envisaged and more.…
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#365daysofpolitics day 11: the missing day
You may have noticed day 10 went missing. My excuse is a camping trip with friends, although we did chat a bit about politics so it wasn’t a completely politics-free day. That brings me nicely on to something I’ve been thinking about. I feel guilty if I don’t have much to show for a day.…
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#365daysofpolitics day 9: ticking along
A busy work day means very little opportunity to actually do anything else today. So I’ve only managed to engage a bit on the Manifesto. I’ve also begun exploring the idea of joining a union. I believe in the principle of union membership, but I’ve never felt the ‘need’ as such. However, I’ve been thinking recently…