General Election
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Alice in Videoland By William Bowles
In every sense this past election was played out on television, with the print media doing ‘backup’. Whether the ‘debates’ affected the outcome is neither here nor there, as the script had already been written, on television, through the way the ‘news’ presents the issues and critically what issues to push to the ‘consumers’, sorry… Continue reading
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Love Police ruins Conservative Party Press Statement
Brilliant voiceover as George Osborne enters No.10 Continue reading
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Tariq Ali on Britain’s Political Deadlock, Gordon Brown’s Resignation and Pakistan’s Role in the Times Square Bombing Attempt
In Britain, the unfolding political drama following last week’s inconclusive elections has taken a new twist. On Monday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered to resign as head of the Labor Party later this year. He announced the opening of formal negotiations with the rival Liberal Democratic Party to form a progressive alliance and block the… Continue reading
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The carve-up in ‘the national interest’ begins By William Bowles
You didn’t need a visit to the Delphic Oracle in order to figure out what would happen, in any case I doubt that many want to visit Greece these days. So, on 8 May the carve-up began with Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats meeting a team of Tory advisors in order to strike… Continue reading
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Dead end for New Labour By Leo Panitch
Leo Panitch: Labour Party will have to split before it can be renewed Continue reading
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And the winner is? The Media By William Bowles
The idea of televised debates between the candidates was first proposed forty-six years ago in 1964, and of course it was rejected.[2] My, how times have changed reflecting as it does the desperate nature of the political class who fear not a ‘hung Parliament’ but ruling an electorate that doesn’t want any of them to… Continue reading
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Hung
7 May, 2010: 15:19 This seems to be the result with nearly all the results in, although I reckon there are going to be some challenges given the chaos at some of the polling stations. It is now impossible for the Tories to form a majority government, so they’ll have to a deal with one Continue reading
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Take Back Parliament!
6 May, 2010 — Take Back Parliament Hi, Just minutes ago, we found out – to no one’s great surprise – that our broken system has stolen our election. We held up our end of the bargain today – we voted. But tonight’s result is a Parliament that simply doesn’t represent the ballots we cast. Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 148 – 5th May 2010: Election Special
*Contacting us:* Call or email the office – 020-7793-4005 or (office@no2id.net). + ELECTION SPECIAL + We’re sending the newsletter early this week, so that you have it in time for the election. NO2ID remains rigorously non-partisan: our battle is not with one party or another, but rather against the database state. This principle enables us Continue reading
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Parliamentary ‘democracy’ – a triumph of Victorian engineering? By William Bowles
Enter Parliamentary ‘democracy’ and the route chosen by organized labour as the one true road to socialism. And it’s here that the role of myth-making was and remains crucial to the exercise of ‘democracy’, a ritual performed every 5 years as the political elite go through the motions of winning our votes. Continue reading
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Power2010: They didn’t think we could get this far
As the election draws closer, more and more people are crying out for change, but they don’t know what to do about it. To many, it seems inevitable that we will return to politics as usual after the election. But it’s not inevitable. That’s just what the politicians want us to believe – you know… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: THE ART OF LOOKING PRIME MINISTERIAL – THE 2010 UK GENERAL ELECTION
On April 15, news media broadcast the first of three live, 90-minute “prime ministerial debates” between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, the leaders, respectively, of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. By the end of the second debate on April 22, the word ‘Iraq’ had been mentioned a total of five times… Continue reading
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Britain: Eyes beyond the mainstream media (Part2)
Video: A new look at the Britain beyond the main stream media cliché, whats going on in the Isle? What do British citizens think about their land’s internal affairs? Is Britain in a position she is claiming? Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 147 – 22nd April 2010: UK almost tops international Google-snoop league
Two weeks from now Parliament will have changed. Whoever forms the next government, over a quarter of MPs will be new to the job. Many may not know how much the database state matters to their constituents, or how deeply it will affect them. They need to be informed and you can help. Starting now. Continue reading
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GENERAL ELECTION 2010: Make Palestine the Issue
We’ve had a fantastic response to our lobby of parliamentary candidates, with thousands of emails sent and over 1200 candidates lobbied. With only two weeks left until election day use our campaigning tool to contact your candidates and let them know the strength of public feeling for a just resolution for Palestine. Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1148 6 April 2010
The main political parties in the coming general election don’t want to mention the war in Afghanistan. They all support it, but they know it is opposed by the majority of the electorate, who want all the British troops withdrawn. Continue reading
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Media Lens: No Politics – Only Elections
Issues like the environment, foreign policy, poverty and defence were “all but invisible”. (Golding, email to Media Lens, June 10, 2001) Defence, for example, comprised 0.6 percent of reporting. There was no mention of New Labour’s “ethical foreign policy” deception, of the non-existent “genocide” used as a pretext for Blair’s bombing of Serbia, of his… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 