http://www.power2010.org.uk/ en Copyright 2010 2010-03-12T15:45:49+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/the-wanted-campaign-hits-the-blogosphere/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/the-wanted-campaign-hits-the-blogosphere/ The 'wanted' campaign hits the blogosphere 2010-03-12T14:45:49+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/no-ifs-no-buts/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/no-ifs-no-buts/ 2010-03-12T14:00:54+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/harrow-residents-demand-change/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/harrow-residents-demand-change/ Last Wednesday I went with some Power2010 volunteers and Harrow residents to talk to people outside Harrow's central shopping center about democracy, politics and their local MP Tony McNulty. 2010-03-12T11:19:05+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/join-our-call-for-the-bishops-to-back-reform-of-the-lords/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/join-our-call-for-the-bishops-to-back-reform-of-the-lords/ 26 Bishops sit in the House of Lords as of right. They've been there since the time of Henry the VIII and show very little sign of moving - a constitutional set-up that leaves us in the inglorious company of Iran, and very few others. 2010-03-11T13:41:19+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/sheffield-signs-up-for-change/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/sheffield-signs-up-for-change/ 2010-03-10T19:07:39+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/wanted-for-crimes-against-democracy/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/wanted-for-crimes-against-democracy/ Our campaign to bring change to UK politics is stepping up a gear. 2010-03-09T23:16:10+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/on-spring-day-at-soas/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/on-spring-day-at-soas/ On a spring day at SOAS 2010-03-09T12:53:01+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power2010-in-winchester/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power2010-in-winchester/ On Sunday POWER2010 arrived in the centre of historic Winchester, just around the corner from the cathedral. 2010-03-09T09:40:56+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/on-the-streets-in-cardiff/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/on-the-streets-in-cardiff/ 2010-03-08T15:49:13+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/my-cunning-plan/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/my-cunning-plan/ It's really not that funny. Generations of people are turning their backs on politics. 2010-03-05T12:27:55+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/real-reform-of-the-lords-means-giving-ownership-back-to-the-people/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/real-reform-of-the-lords-means-giving-ownership-back-to-the-people/ David Cameron certainly knows how to stay one step ahead of the news agenda. Launching his draft manifesto on "Fixing our broken politics" last month, he warned of the "next big scandal waiting to happen" which has tainted our politics for too long: the issue of transparency and the "far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money". 2010-03-05T11:19:18+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/taking-the-campaign-to-the-streets/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/taking-the-campaign-to-the-streets/ The last two weeks have been the busiest of the campaign - so far. 2010-03-04T15:27:08+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power-pledge-going-steady-and-strong/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power-pledge-going-steady-and-strong/ Power pledge going steady and strong 2010-03-03T13:26:01+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/taking-forward-the-power-pledge/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/taking-forward-the-power-pledge/ Several people have commented on the blog asking how the five reforms identified by the public vote will be taken forward by the campaign. There are a number of issues raised which I will try to address here, explaining the reasoning behind the decisions taken and what they mean. 2010-03-01T19:06:46+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power2010-reaches-out-to-voters-in-west-yorkshire/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power2010-reaches-out-to-voters-in-west-yorkshire/ POWER2010 reaches out to voters in West Yorkshire 2010-03-01T16:41:25+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/brighton-bombarded-with-pledge-balloons/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/brighton-bombarded-with-pledge-balloons/ On Saturday POWER2010 activists from across the UK, along with 150 pink helium filled balloons, converged on Brighton to take the 5 reforms of the POWER2010 pledge to the public. 2010-03-01T12:32:38+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power2010-and-tory-spring-conference/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power2010-and-tory-spring-conference/ A team of organisers and volunteers spends the day in Brighton talking to passer-bys about the pressing need for democratic renewal. After a day of engaging with the public they wander down to the water's edge, heading for the conference of a political party quite possibly mere months away from political power. 2010-02-28T21:10:35+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/a-cold-but-inspiring-day-in-the-centre-of-brighton/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/a-cold-but-inspiring-day-in-the-centre-of-brighton/ Today POWER2010 activists from across the UK converged on Brighton to take the 5 reforms of the POWER pledge to the public and the attendants of the Conservative Party conference. 2010-02-27T16:20:17+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/a-pledge-to-transform-our-democracy/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/a-pledge-to-transform-our-democracy/ Over at the Left Foot Forward blog, POWER2010 director Pam Giddy writes: 2010-02-25T11:45:09+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/change-agents-and-power2010-empowering-older-people/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/change-agents-and-power2010-empowering-older-people/ Last week I travelled to Derby to address Change Agents Network UK, a new working cooperative that has been set up to champion the interests of older citizens across the UK. 2010-02-25T11:37:52+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power-2010-after-the-vote-can-it-light-up-the-country/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/power-2010-after-the-vote-can-it-light-up-the-country/ I like the five outcomes of the Power 2010 process. They are the issues that it will now take to candidates. All open up large questions about the system we're suffering under: 2010-02-25T10:45:56+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/will-the-bishops-buy-into-the-pledge/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/will-the-bishops-buy-into-the-pledge/ Over at the blog of Ekklesia, the progressive religious network POWER2010 is partnered with, Jonathan Bartley has a mischievous post poking fun at the bishops in our unreformed House of Lords. 2010-02-24T21:51:58+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/1000-pledges-signed/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/1000-pledges-signed/ 1000 pledges signed 2010-02-24T16:11:24+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/a-peoples-agenda-for-change/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/a-peoples-agenda-for-change/ POWER2010's campaign - which generated over 100,000 votes from the British public - has produced a critical checklist of ordinary people's priorities for political change. 2010-02-24T01:43:03+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/the-votes-are-in-standby-for-the-power-pledge-to-be-revealed/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/the-votes-are-in-standby-for-the-power-pledge-to-be-revealed/ Well the poll has closed, the votes are in, and 5 reforms are sitting pretty at the top of the POWER2010 Leaderboard. 2010-02-22T23:35:29+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/voting-discussion-threads-to-be-closed-and-archived/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/voting-discussion-threads-to-be-closed-and-archived/ One of the most pleasing things about the vote stage of this campaign has been the wide-ranging, serious and intelligent discussion taking place in the comment threads of the voting pages. 2010-02-22T19:00:23+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/hours-left-to-have-your-say/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/hours-left-to-have-your-say/ POWER2010 is entering the final stretch of its public vote to find the very top ideas that will fix UK politics. 2010-02-22T14:58:14+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/votes-coming-in-from-around-the-country-expect-changes/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/votes-coming-in-from-around-the-country-expect-changes/ As you can see from the blog, POWER2010's regional campaigners have once again been working flat out across the country in getting out the vote. 2010-02-22T12:18:02+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/voting-at-south-east-street-stalls/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/voting-at-south-east-street-stalls/ Over the weekend I have been out with volunteers running street stalls to get the public voting on ballot papers. 2010-02-21T18:27:33+00:00 http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/empowerment-heres-why-it-matters/ http://www.power2010.org.uk/blog/entry/empowerment-heres-why-it-matters/ The following piece by Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, director of the Muslim Council of Britain, appears in the Independent online. 2010-02-19T15:04:50+00:00