by Shane Greer / 23 Apr 2009
Shane Greer examines the reticence of public affairs consultants to engage with blogging and wonders if they may live to regret it What do public affairs and public relations firms have in common? Simple: when you cut right down to the core they both sink or swim on their ability to communicate; both on their own behalf, and on behalf of their clients.
by Shane Greer / 18 Mar 2009
Mastermind of the mayor of London's election campaign, James McGrath was dumped unceremoniously for saying immigrants who were unhappy living in a Tory capital should go home.
by Shane Greer / 19 Feb 2009
I used to work as a political fundraiser, and to communicate with my audience I used direct mail as my medium of choice.
by Shane Greer / 21 Jan 2009
Our publisher, Iain Dale, has an interesting post over at his blog about the Government's decision to back down over the issue of MP's expenses in which he argues that the result is the first real victory for an online political campaign in the UK.
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by Shane Greer / 08 Jan 2009
Last night I was approached at a party and quizzed about my blogging activities - "aren't you worried you'll get into trouble in the future for things you've written on your blog?".
by Shane Greer / 20 Dec 2008
“I’m worried about typing something late at night, which I might regret later on”; that was the gist of Willie Rennie MP’s reason for not blogging when asked at November’s e-Democracy conference.
by Shane Greer / 09 Dec 2008
There's been a lot of talk in the past few days about the cases being brought against Barack Obama's election as president, or rather whether he is constitutionally prohibited from becoming president on the grounds that he is not a 'natural born American'.
by Shane Greer / 27 Nov 2008
If you haven't see the Total Politics daily comic strip yet I highly recommend having a look.
by Shane Greer / 24 Nov 2008
"Politics shouldn't be about personality, it should be about policy.
by Shane Greer / 29 Oct 2008
by Shane Greer / 23 Apr 2009
We all know how powerful technology has been as a transformative force in politics. But what can it do for the environment? Shane Greer poses the question.
by Shane Greer / 18 Mar 2009
I was watching an episode of the West Wing recently in which the character Charlie Young attempts to make progress on the ‘earned income tax credit policy', which gives a tax refund to the poor.
by Shane Greer / 21 Jan 2009
At the height of the Baby P scandal there was a particularly fraught moment during PMQs when Gordon Brown accused David Cameron of playing party politics, an accusation that lead to visible anger on Cameron's part, his paper flew across the despatch box.
by Shane Greer / 20 Dec 2008
Increasingly technical campaigns and the rise of the 24-hour media have caused a huge rise in demand for professional training for activists.
by Shane Greer / 19 Dec 2008
by Shane Greer / 01 Dec 2008
News that George Meehan, leader of Haringey Council, and Liz Sawtry, the Cabinet Member for Children's Services, have resigned will be welcomed across the political spectrum, and rightly so.
by Shane Greer / 25 Nov 2008
For any campaign junkies out there, you can find the entire version of War Room (the 1992 documentary of the Clinton campaign) on Youtube.
by Shane Greer / 13 Nov 2008
Anybody who’s watched the West Wing will remember the debate CJ Craig has with the Secret Service about her codename: flamingo.
by Shane Greer / 27 Oct 2008
Let’s pretend you were at a party, and let’s also pretend one of your friends put on an apron designed to look like the rippling torso of a bodybuilder.
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