So much political jargon describing the performance and practice of politics and the conduct of a campaign and an election about at the moment and a lot of it is inaccessible. The National Adult Literacy Agency has produced a Plain English Guide to Political terms which cuts through the rubbish and provides definitions to 400 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Elections'
Cutting through the bull
February 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
Tags:#ge11·NALA·Political Jargon
Candidate Video #15 – Mannix Flynn
February 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
Mannix Flynn is an independent candidate running the Dublin South East constituency. Mannix has other videos on his site but this one from Balcony TV shows the actor at work and well who can resist a bit of candidate rap!
Candidate Video #14 – Kevin Humphreys
February 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Candidate Video #14 – Kevin Humphreys · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
Kevin Humphreys is a candidate for the Labour Party in Dubin South East. An Introduction to Kevin Humphreys from Kevin Humphreys on Vimeo. Office – Check, Family Photo – Check. No beach walking but sequel in Sandymount near incinerator site may be expected! Actually we don’t have enough beach walking videos this campaign!
The Dublin North East Political Roundabout
February 9th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
Today is the last day for candidates to declare their candidacy for the election. Will we see Fine Gael add the name of a Labour Party Councillor to their ticket in Dublin North East. A councillor who was previously a member of Sinn Féin. Yes word is that Killian Forde has been asked to join […]
The Disability Invisibility Cloak in #GE11
February 8th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Disability, Elections, Equality, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
There is a danger when we do get to the ‘social’ aspects of the campaign that the issue of rights and position of people who are minorities or oppressed and disadvantaged in our society will be reduced to economic units. A danger? In fact it’s a sure cert, because for the past few years the […]
Tags:#ge11·Disability