Catch your MP...

The film of the Brent East STW hustings is one of a number of films documenting the views of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates on the aggressive action taken against Iraq. The Catch Your MP project aims to hold to account the 412 Members of the 2001-2005 Parliament that voted in support of military action. Candidates for Brent East: Shahrar, Sarah, Yasmin, Kwasi and George along with Rocky (Wasn’t that a Rainbow cast?...

May 13, 2005 · 3 min · Rob Dyke

I wish I'd seen this earlier...

Trawling through the list of refering links to this site I came across a search engine, A9.com, that I hadn’t heard of. I followed the link to discover where this blog was ranked on the list that refered the reader to the blog. Just below the link to this blog was a link to Film Makers Against War. I wish I’d seen the film made of the Brent East Stop The War Hustings earlier....

May 12, 2005 · 1 min · Rob Dyke

Election Expenses

I’ve been digging around into the rules around election expenses. I’m trying to calculate the maximum permitted expenses a candidate or agent may incur in Brent East. Thankfully the Electoral Commission website is a wealth of information on electoral law and regulations. Election expenses are those ‘expenses incurred whether before, during or after the election, on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the election’. They may only be incurred by the candidate, his election agent or persons authorised in writing by that agent....

May 10, 2005 · 1 min · Rob Dyke

See what happens when you win an election...

This graphic was generated from the hit data to this blog between the 3rd and the 9th of May 2005.

May 9, 2005 · 1 min · Rob Dyke

Brent East Campaigning - A review

Over 6 weeks & 53 postings the Brent East Campaign has been blogged. My keyboard is wornout and revision for my exams in backlog. This has been a prolonged high - which explains my recent apearance. I thought I’d review my efforts and share my experiences of the last six of weeks. Brent East Campaigning: The campaign In the tense 10 minutes that the candidates stood with the returning officer and inspected the doubtful ballot papers I was sharing my impressions of the campaign with Paul Keilthy from Archant Media Group....

May 9, 2005 · 4 min · Rob Dyke