online campaigning Articles

I want to start by making a confession. You see, I am not an academic, I am not a politician, I am not even a writer. I am in fact just a very ordinary 40-year-old nurse and mother-of-two living and working in Nottingham. I have been a member of the No More Page 3...

Winning the communications battle online is now an inescapable reality for parties wishing to reach younger voters, writes Georgia Hussey SET against a backdrop of high unemployment and slow growth, the re-election of Barack Obama was a feat that has not gone...

If political campaigning is all about talking to people and getting them behind you and your mission, then it comes as little surprise that Facebook is core to an effective 21st century campaign.  Facebook, after all, is people-driven.  That’s what we do: real people,...

In my first Progress strategy board article I attempted to set out some of the core democratic challenges that I think underpin Britain’s political health and how organisations like Progress can contribute to a radical improvement in the quality of the debate. In this...