Mark Pack | Total Politics

A UKIP 'surge' is no cause for Lib Dem concern

by Mark Pack / 20 Apr 2012

UKIP now face many of the problems Lib Dems have been grappling with for years, including the injustice of the first past the post system, says Mark Pack

Tax cuts for the millions, not for millionaires

by Mark Pack / 21 Mar 2012

The tax changes in this Budget show a big move in the right direction, and it's a strongly Lib Dem idea, says Mark Pack

Lib Dem spring conference: your guide to the highlights

by Mark Pack / 09 Mar 2012

Expect health, welfare reform and the mansion tax to dominate a packed agenda for spring conference, says Mark Pack

Creating dissent from your desktop

by Mark Pack / 30 Jan 2012

Mark Pack is realistic about the role that technology can play in large-scale protests

Advertise with TotalPolitics

Unsolved problems of individual electoral registration

by Mark Pack / 19 Oct 2011

Mark Pack looks at the latest developments on changing household to individual electoral registration, including whether it should be a legal requirement to join the electoral register

The secret concessions behind the 1911 Parliament Act

by Mark Pack / 04 Jul 2011

Liberal attempts to reform the House of Lords are nothing new. Mark Pack looks back over the 100-year history of the 1911 Parliament Act, and unearths the secret concessions that lay beneath this landmark piece of legislation

Target your vote

by Mark Pack / 16 Apr 2010

Mark Pack explains how to use email, Twitter and other social networks to get people to the pollsThe efforts made by returning officers and local councils to encourage people to vote are remarkably crude when viewed from a marketing or political campaigning point of view.

Add some colour

by Mark Pack / 23 Oct 2009

In the second of his series on councils and communicating, Mark Pack explains exactly why and how councils can jazz up their email send-outsIn TP October I wrote about the broad lessons councils can learn from Barack Obama's presidential campaign, for both councils and election campaigns need to communicate successfully online with large numbers of the public.

Group Hug

by Mark Pack / 21 May 2009

Joining and creating Facebook groups is a great way to get a campaign rolling.

You'd be a twit not to tweet

by Mark Pack / 19 Feb 2009

Mark Pack on how Twitter can be a valuable tool for politicians When a jet crash-landed on the HudsonRiver in January, one of the first - and most striking - photographs was taken by Janis Krums.

The Lib Dems' policy shortage

by Mark Pack / 29 Mar 2012

With half a government to go, there's a huge opportunity for the Lib Dems to implement some eye-catching short-term policies. The problem is that they don't have any at the moment, says Mark Pack

Public Budget disagreements are far better than the secretive norm

by Mark Pack / 16 Mar 2012

There's nothing wrong with airing issues in the open says this Lib Dem

Expect lively debate on the NHS at Lib Dem spring conference

by Mark Pack / 10 Feb 2012

Mark Pack reviews the agenda for Lib Dem spring conference and predicts what issues are likely to get an airing

Transparency alone isn't enough

by Mark Pack / 30 Nov 2011

If we really want to reform party funding, we need politicians or trade unions to be brave, argues Mark Pack

Labour's muddle over electoral registration

by Mark Pack / 10 Oct 2011

Should electoral registration be voluntary? Labour's got themselves into a right muddle over this, says Mark Pack

Lords reform: three tests for three party leaders

by Mark Pack / 02 Jun 2011

All three party leaders are walking a political high-wire act as regards reforming the House of Lords. Keeping their balance is vital for their party's futures, says Mark Pack

It's better by blog

by Mark Pack / 18 Dec 2009

Mark Pack on the great benefits that blogging offers to council communication strategies"Councils should get blogging" - that was one of the headlines generated by a report from the local e-Democracy National e-Government project - back in February 2005.

Yes Council websites can

by Mark Pack / 18 Sep 2009

Mark Pack on how local authorities can learn from the Obama campaign's mastery of the internet to build communities of active and engaged local residentsWhy does your local council exist? There are many answers to that question, especially from different points on the political spectrum, but at the heart of nearly all of them is the belief that there are some tasks best done together rather than individually.

How to make the most of Facebook

by Mark Pack / 23 Apr 2009

Facebook can be a brilliant tool, or a time-consuming disaster.

Staying in the loop

by Mark Pack / 27 Oct 2008

There is no shortage of information out there, but getting what you need, when you need it can be a challenge, particularly when your inbox, mailbag, radio and TV are all thrusting new pieces of information at you all the time.