Rob Blackie Author Archive
Why the Leadership Academy shouldn’t just train the leaders
Written by Rob Blackie on 26th September 2008 – 10:15 amI joined the party in 1991. But I only really got involved at grassroots level after I started working in the party in 2000. And like many other enthusiastic people who start helping at local level I rapidly found myself as chair of my local party.
And like many other people in my position I had [...]
Posted in News | 13 Comments »
Needed: Spanish practices
Written by Rob Blackie on 3rd July 2008 – 6:42 pmThe announcement earlier this year of a Spanish Cabinet that is majority women should cause everyone involved in British politics to stop and wonder why we’re doing so badly.
We know that the under-representation of women in politics is a bad thing - and that this applies to the Liberal Democrats as much as anyone else, [...]
Posted in Op-eds | 29 Comments »
Opinion: Calling time on Labour for their nasty campaigning
Written by Rob Blackie on 23rd September 2007 – 8:47 amI occasionally get very angry when Labour’s sympathisers in the media talk about Labour’s liberalising of Britain.
Quite apart from the fact that it will soon be illegal to go to the shops without an ID card in your pocket, the Labour party is deeply illiberal in its campaigns. I’m sure many of you will [...]
Posted in Op-eds, Opposition watch | 49 Comments »
Book review: how to make people remember what you say
Written by Rob Blackie on 9th August 2007 – 11:55 amA friend of a friend was on a business trip to London. He meets a beautiful lady in the hotel bar, and the next thing he knows he wakes up in a bath of ice, with his kidneys missing.
We’ve all heard a version of that story. Made to Stick investigates why people remember some ideas [...]
Tags: ming campbell
Posted in Books | 5 Comments »
