The Lobby Group

Web site for sale

By admin ⋅ February 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

If anyone out there would like to take over this web site – for whatever purpose they choose – then I would be quite happy to sell it. No reasonable offer will be refused. First come first served!

What is lobbying?

By admin ⋅ January 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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.
The publication Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall by the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee (First Report of Session 2008–09) has some good [...]

Why can’t we vote for “none of the above” ?

By admin ⋅ January 12, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

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
“Faith in [...]

Conditions of use

By admin ⋅ January 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Any posts or comments made on this blog are the responsibility of the contributors. Any comments are permitted only because the site owner is letting you post, and any comments will be removed for any reason at the absolute discretion of the site owner. Under UK law, bloggers do not have the right to [...]

H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu)

By admin ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

First posted on the original Lobby Group blog by contributor Rahere
Rahere has waited for this pandemic to be affirmed as inevitable. He would appreciate it if the following could please be posted on the Peston and Robinson blogs, as he is under interdict from Common Purpose:
Rahere begs to remind readers that he made and defended [...]

Making a Stand

By admin ⋅ April 28, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

I have decided to put myself forward as a propective MEP in the june elections.
The only way I can do this is to go via the JuryTeam route.
In order to be nominated I need as many people as possible to text the word
NEIMOR01 to 86837
So thanks for your support.
*First posted on the original Lobby Group [...]

Welcome to the Lobby Group Website.

By admin ⋅ April 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

LGO was formed to campaign for the restoration of integrity, courage and creativity in the governance of society in the UK.
The group is funded by no-one, and as such is not aligned to any political party, interest group, academic institution or think tank. We are normal people who are asking that our voice be heard.
Feel free to [...]

Participating In Democracy

By admin ⋅ April 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It has suddenly dawned on me!
We have a Parliament. In that parliament are a bunch of our employees. The ones I’m talking about are the MPs.
What we do as a population is give them a job. But we do not behave as bosses.
Most of us sit and complain or cheer at what [...]

BBC Moderation

By admin ⋅ March 7, 2009 ⋅ 13 comments

First posted on the original Lobby Group blog by contributor Rahere-
To all of you who still follow the BBC blog:
Look at this and spread it all over the Beeb’s blogs.
Rahere

Richard D. Wolff on Obama's Stimulus

By admin ⋅ February 27, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Wolff: “Stimulus won’t succeed if the structural changes that lowered wages are not addressed”… a view on the changing relationship between capital and labour.

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