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Young Labour: looking forward
Six years ago, just 12% of Labour Party members were estimated to be aged under 34. Young people are the least likely age group to vote, and yet at the 2010 General Election, 18 to 24 year olds are thought to be the only age group where a majority voted Labour.
In the wake of that [...]
That Gordon Brown smile
I know that the myth of Gordon Brown being unable to smile has entered into popular culture, so for what it’s worth here’s proof that it’s just that – a myth.
We met the Prime Minister in Leeds on 22nd October, and yes he was friendly, approachable and smiley.
Labour Party conference 2009
A couple of videos we pulled together in Brighton. The quality is better than previously, mostly due to some better equipment.
A weekend with John Prescott
Over the weekend of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th May 2008, I travelled with John Prescott and the Go Fourth campaign as he travelled more than a thousand miles across the north of England on the campaign trail. These were the resulting images.
And the video:
European election campaign 2009
Over a period from July 2008 right through to polling day on June 4th 2009, I collected digital content for Yorkshire & Humber’s Yorkshire team. This is just a snapshot, with video at the end of the post.
Eddie Izzard on the campaign trail in Sheffield:
The What’s at stake? video produced for regional Labour Party conference:
York and North Yorkshire Cultural conference
1st October 2009. I was asked to take some pictures of the day. These are samples:
It’s all a conspiracy.
I’m not exactly sure how he thinks it works – apparently there’s this big plan to de-industrialise the Western world, and keep the developing world in poverty, and the politicians have dreamt it up to build the new world order, and it’s called “climate change”. That’s the BNP line, it seems. UKIP, on the other [...]
Rotherham CLPs fundraiser
Rotherham MPs John Healey, Denis MacShane and Kevin Barron joined MEP Linda McAvan and guest speaker Alan Johnson for a Labour Party fundraiser on October 23rd.