Is it just a co-incidence that, now Obama can no longer force through legislation, he’s brought up the issues to deal with the banks? With little chance of getting through, the little people that funded half of his election costs (with their dollar or two) will not feel so aggrieved and the big people who [...]
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What is lobbying?
My understanding is “affecting of – or attempting to affect – the actions/decisions of the public sector by the private sector“. Clumsy I know but it’s a starting point for discussion.
No-one to win next UK General Election!
The newly-formed “no-one” Party (New One-Off NonEntities) look set to take the country over in the forthcoming General Election in the UK. In pretty much every previous election, more people have voted for no-one than for any other party. No-one has noticed this – and so it has formed a party so that voters can [...]
Why can’t we vote for “none of the above” ?
Simon (one of our founder members) has started a petition here. “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to amend the general election ballot paper to include an ‘abstention’ option in addition to the named local candidates.” Submitted by Simon Mortimer – Deadline to sign up by: 05 May 2010 – Signatures: 41 to date.
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