We at the UK Pirate Party are trying to make “politics” relevant to the local people, rather than limiting it to age-old rivalries between “us” and “them”, “Manchester / Edinburgh / Glasgow” and “London”, “the UK” and “Europe” or “the world”. I am not an Orator, but like all my colleagues at the Pirate Party
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The Manchester Pirates and myself got a brief mention in the Independent on Sunday today (29 Apr 2012). In the article entitled: “Local elections: Labour hopes to gain if it’s a dismal night for Lib Dems”, the Pirate Party is referred to in the context of a “New vision of grassroots politics” to counteract voter
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Manchester Confidential ‘s Ragnhildur Finsdottir approached me a couple of weeks ago and asked me a few questions on the Pirate Party and why I’m standing at the local elections for Manchester City Centre (next Thursday 3rd May). Here is the link to the article “The Pirate Party UK And The Digital Battleground“ that got published
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The Manchester Local Elections are upon us! They are taking place all day long on Thursday 3 May 2012 with polling stations being open from 7 in the morning to 10 in the evening (so no excuse not to go out and vote!). Here are some facts and How-Tos on this year’s elections: Candidates
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A couple of years ago, at the 2010 General Elections, everyone was shocked and abhorred that the BNP took 4% of the votes. “Who voted for those fascists?!” and “Where is our Democracy going?” were among the things people were shouting about. And yet only 47% of Mancunians actually went out to vote! This means
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For some time now I have been following the furore and the various (counter)arguments surrounding the infamous ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement): ” a multinational treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement”, one of which relates to “copyright infringement on the Internet”. Now the protection of intellectual property rights is
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