Title: Governing Dynamo

An Alternative Vote

Published on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:32:27

Gordon Brown is backing electoral reform calling for a referendum on replacing the current "first-past-the-post" voting system with an "alternative vote" system, or, instant runoff voting (IRV) to give the American English term for the system. Under an AV system, voters are asked to rank candidates by preference rather than putting a cross by a single name anyone getting more than 50% in the first round is elected. If that doesn't happen during the first round, the candidate with the fewest vote read more..

BCC PolitiPlayer: Democracy Live

Published on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:41:55

Democracy Live is the BBC's new website which offers live and on demand video coverage of the UK's national political institutions and the European Parliament. Its BBC iPlayer for politics with intuitive navigation features. The most useful element is its overhauled search system; it uses speech-to-text to take you straight to your points of interest in the video. The search actually works quite well. The service covers quite a lot, the main chambers of the House of Commons, House of Lords, S read more..

Invictus:His people needed a leader. He gave them a champion

Published on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:30

Clint Eastwood directs the true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) united with the captain of South Africa's rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their nation at a pivotal point in South Africa's history. Fledgling President Mandela knows his nation stands racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. With the hopes he can bring his people together through the ubiquitous language of sport, Mandela inspirits South Africa's underdog rugby team as they m read more..

44th President becomes 4th President to recieve Nobel Peace Prize

Published on Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:11:15

Click to see full size image On Friday October 9th 2009 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Barack Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." The Norwegian Nobel Committee has attached special significance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. Thus Obama becomes the fourth President of the United States to be awarded with this prestigious prize and the title Nobel Peace Laureate. The Obama A read more..

Comparing Rhetoric

Published on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:55:31

With the conference season at a end, all speeches said and done we can now play a little comparative politics on manifesto, policy and rhetoric. click the image above or here to view the transcripts, wordle's and videos of the three keynote political speeches of the conference season. (Still a couple of thing to finish in the gallery) read more..

The Party Conference Season, Labour’s Turn

Published on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:36:38

Bournemouth, Brighton and Manchester have, are or will be hosting this year’s political party conferences. This week sees Labour on the frontline of British politics, here are just a few points of interest. Lord Peter Mandelson’s speech before the conference appealed to the pallets of the Labour audience, which was a surprise to the pundits. Alistair Darling has vowed to put an end to the banking bonuses culture in an attempt to curb excessive risk taking. Gordon Brown also corrobor read more..

Will the UK Get Their First T.V Leaders Debate?

Published on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:07:11

With the general election just months away Sky News has invited the leaders of three largest parties in the House of Commons to a televised debate and has said the show will go on with or without them. So will Mr. Brown, Mr. Cameron and Mr. Clegg take Mr. Murdoch (Sky New Owner) up on his offer. Or will sky News be transmitting the silence of empty podiums for an hour or two. Adam Boulton of Sky News makes a convincing case that a debate is necessary. He claims that a televised debate will re-en read more..

Words of the Inaugural Address: Video

Published on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:56:40

Now you can navigate through the Inauguarl Address gallery through this presentaion viewer, If you see a address that intirgues you click the glowing green circle and it will take you right to it. Hey just a quick note, finally finished the “Words of the Inaugural Address Gallery”