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A week today the British public have a chance to vote in the General election and make a difference.
(45/366) I wonder which of these clowns I'll end up voting for in our upcoming General Election? I've never seen so many posters, all the available lamp posts, poles & fences in every town & village are festooned with them. HWW & HSS!
UK's General Election Day, 7th May 2015. Early morning voting, Chiswick Town Hall, West London. By a SMC Pentax 55/1.8
George Alagiah, the highly regarded BBC newsreader and foreign correspondent, has died from cancer at the age of 67. This is my candid capture of him at work in Westminster during the 2010 general election.
Jon Sopel, the BBC’s former North America editor, summed up colleagues’ feelings thus: "Tributes will rightly be paid to a fantastic journalist and brilliant broadcaster – but George was the most decent, principled, kindest, most honourable man I have ever worked with. What a loss."
It’s hard to think of a finer epitaph.
Iswaran of the People's Action Party, a candidate for the West Coast Group Representation Constituency, addressing the media on the final day of the walkabout campaign.
Singapore's opposition party having their first rally since the General Election commenced on 1st September
'There is an alternative' reads this politcal mural by Street Artist Mode2 tucked away just to the eastern side of Brick Lane in a small park called Allen Gardens. This was actually taken the day after December's General Election so it seems like a lot of effort for nothing......
The brick walls around this park form a much larger 'canvas' that those of Brick Lane itself and consequently you can find Street Art like this one which must be about 30 metres long.
This was stitched from four seperate shots, it may look like there's a bad join on the 'e' of 'alternative' but actually this is just a small stagger in the brick wall......
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The scene at Waterford Court House when John Redmond, M.P. was nominated (although he is not present in the photo). The second Westminster election in 1910 took place from 3 to 19 December. John Redmond, an adamant opponent of female suffrage, was leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party which took 11% of the seats.
This photo shows a great sense of occasion (and a great array of moustaches)!
Date: 3 December 1910
NLI Ref.: P_WP_2123
At a time when many of our wonderful local newspapers are facing a disappearing market and are really struggling to survive, this image of the offices and print works of the Waterford News must feel prophetic? All of us Culchies will have a favourite local paper that was the source of information on what had happened, was happening, and will happen in the locality. Names like the Skibbereen Eagle, Connacht Tribune, Limerick Leader, Waterford News and Star were a means of keeping in touch, and would be very sadly missed should they go. What happened here, and why is the building in such a sad state?
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Forgive our ageing brains, but we Marys had forgotten that we visited the inside of these ruins 9 years ago. There’s a good Irish Times report you can read here. But this photo shows a great election poster, and you know how we love posters! We got the local results for the general election to the Fourth Dáil; we found out that an election-related riot caused this fire; and we found out that when the News building was rebuilt, the newspaper took over the post office at the left in this photo.
Thank you BeachcomberAustralia for this great snippet from an Australian newspaper:
In a street procession at Waterford, supporting Capt. Redmond (Independent), they came in conflict with a crowd attending a meeting where General Cosgrave was speaking. In the disorder that followed, the editorial office of the Republican newspaper was burnt to the ground. Finally, plain-clothes policemen fired a volley of blank cartridges, thus stampeding the crowds.
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: ca. 1 September 1923
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3118
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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I was a little surprised by The Evening Standard's crusade for the poor in London in their recent week-long series of articles on those who don't live in Notting Hill or Knightsbridge. It was probably just an attempt to gather a bit of support for the Tories by blaming everything wrong in the world on the Labour Government now that the General Election is on the horizon.
Now, reporting the poverty that still exists in London (and the rest of the UK of course) is very important and it is a good thing that somebody is doing it. What I object to is the utter ignorance of this poverty in the paper for the other 51 weeks of the year, and the attempt to turn this poverty into a political issue to use to the advantage of a political party. That's not going to breed positive results is it?
The opening paragraph on day one of the Standard's campaign was:
"London is a shameful tale of two cities. In the richest capital in Europe almost half our children live below the poverty line. These families are cut off from the life most Londoners take for granted. They are the dispossessed.
The Evening Standard will shine a light on their plight. With the general election imminent, we demand action."
As the only citywide newspaper in London you'd think that the poverty that exists here wouldn't come as such a surprise to the staff of the Standard. Yet reading the paper you realise that its target audience live in another world of minor Royals, book launches, West End theatres, disputes with architects, and restaurants where the price of a meal for two, with wine, would feed the dispossessed for 6 months.
You probably won't be surprised to learn that the Evening Standard is owned by a Russian billionaire and it's editor is an ex Etonion who went to Oxford, lives in Notting Hill and "has never let up his devotion to the privileged social scene". Average Londoners then. The absence of any criticism for London's multi-millionaire Conservative Mayor was also noticeable by it's absence.
I believe that the only thing the Standard had in mind with its light shining plight is to stoke up right wing fury (check out the comments on any of the articles to see how successful they were in this) and boost support for their equally rich Conservative friends in the election in May. Be careful what you wish for.
There is really no need to discuss the choices - volcanic ash wins every time for me! There is enough election hype already! And so strange not to have a contrail in sight anywhere. (Forecasters said to expect a more vivid sunset due to ash from the Icelandic volcanic eruption)
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Out-of-town Visitor to Albuquerque, New Mexico has a message for locals.
Location: North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, 12:01pm
[sign: TIMEOUT Earth People • Help Defend Democracy • VOTE]
The choice facing drivers on Cowbridge Road East as they approach its junction with Cathedral Road. The closure of the road ahead is in connection with the Champions League Final which is being held in Cardiff this weekend.
Just come home from voting for our General Election - POSTED THIS AS I THOUGHT IT HAD THE LOOK OF THE FRONT DOOR OF NUMBER 10 - (TOPICAL DON'T YOU THINK) No 10 as in Downing Street - the next Prime Minister's home for the next 5 years for those who don't know:))
this photo from the archives - I loved that dog guarding that door - he made my day:))
server down again - time for a new one as this took me hours to download. Will be back to comment when its sorted - sorry:(
Now the snap general election has been announced even Woody has had to come out of retirement to do a bit more campaigning...
Now that Star Wars Day is over Please don't forget Election Day aka Polling Day here in the UK It's the day you can vote one (or maybe more) of this lovely looking bunch into NO 10 and let then form the next Government.
ED,NICK,NIGEL,DAVID & NATALIE are all loving created at www.minifigures.com/ HQ
Eddie Izzard, stand-up comedian, actor, writer and political activist, campaigning for the Labour Party in Northfield this lunchtime.
Update 9 June: Richard Burden retained his seat with an increased majority. Thanks Eddie!
September 2015. House on the Rock, Tufnell Park Rd, London N7, 59.5% of members and supporters elected Corbyn to leadership of the LP, he faced a leadership challenge in 2016 which featured a challenge against him even being on the ballot. He won again with flying colours. June 2017, GE sprung on him and 40% of the voting electorate endorse his leadership and policies.12,874,985 votes. LP membership exceeds 800,000.
...but don't complain about the result :-)
Detail of fence in front of the UK Houses of Parliament - taken on the same day and of the same piece of fence as this one.
Unlike many countries, the UK does not have fixed term Parliaments, allowing the Prime Minister of the day to choose when to have an election - as long as it's within 5 years of the previous one. Yesterday our Prime Minister announced that ours will be held on 6 May and so the political obstacle race is well and truly underway.
This is the closest election we've had in years (since 1992 at least) and although many think that the Conservatives (the main Opposition party) will win, the challenge they face is significant. To win a clear majority, they must retain every one of their current seats and secure an additional 117 of the 650 being contested. Figures of this magnitude have not been achieved in 79 years. What's more, nobody under the age of 36 has ever voted the Conservative Party in to Government - the last time they won an election was April 1992.
Interesting times for anyone, like me, who's a paid-up member of the Political Anorak Brigade :)
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The UK general election of 2017. A voter casts his vote at Stedham Memorial Hall near Midhurst.
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Goodbye, Dad.
Conservative Party poster on Askew road, Gateshead the day before the General Election of 1st May 1997.
A photograph from the Poole collection which denotes Waterford, but with streams of posters to provide further information. If memory serves, Cumann na nGaedhael changed their name following the election around the time of this image.
With thanks to today's contributors, we have confirmation that this building (now gone) stood on Manor Street in Waterford. The posters visible demonstrate the divisive post-Civil War politics and the lead-up to the 1932 general election - which saw WT Cosgrave's Cumann na nGaedhael party defeated and the first Fianna Fáil government of the relatively young state...
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: c.15 February 1932
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3892
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
06/06/17 Jeremy Corbyn in Birmingham
Jeremy Corbyn appears at Labour Party Rally attended by thousands in Birmingham two days before the General Election on the 8th June 2017 alongside the comedian Steve Cooghan and Saffiyah Khan who faced down members of the English Defence League as part of a counter protest in the city in April this year
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally at Civic Center Park, in Denver, CO
In Ireland Political Posters may only be erected for a certain specified time period before an election. This time period is either (a) 30 days before the poll date or (b) from the date the polling day order for the election has been made, whichever provides the shorter period of time. Posters (including the plastic cable ties) must be removed within 7 days of polling day. These requirements for election posters are set out under section 19 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997 and the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009.
In politics, campaign advertising is the use of an advertising campaign through the media to influence political debate, and ultimately, voters. These ads are designed by political consultants and political campaign staff. Many countries restrict the use of broadcast media to broadcast political messaging. In the EU, many countries do not permit paid-for TV or radio advertising for fear that wealthy groups will gain control of airtime making fair play impossible and distort the political debate in the process.
In both the United Kingdom and Ireland, paid advertisements are forbidden, though political parties are allowed a small number of party political broadcasts in the run up to election time. The United States has a very free market for broadcast political messaging. Canada allows paid-for political broadcasts but requires equitable access to the airwaves. Campaigns can include several different media (depending on local law). The time span over which political campaign advertising is possible varies greatly from country to country, with campaigns in the United States lasting a year or more to places like the UK and Ireland where advertising is restricted by law to just a short period of weeks before the election. Social media has become very important in political messaging, making it possible to message larger groups of constituents with very little physical effort or expense, but the totality of messaging through these channels is often out of the hands of campaign managers.