2010 United Kingdom General Elections
Additional election analysis by the Fleishman-Hillard public affairs team in London:
By Ian Tennant, Fleishman-Hillard Public Affairs, London
In December 2009, the leaders of the main UK parties finally struck a deal with the BBC, ITV and Sky to air three televised live debates during the 2010 General Election campaign. Televised debates have been on the agenda for decades, but Prime Minister after Prime Minister – including the very telegenic Tony Blair turned them down time and again. Thei…
By Rebecca Lury, Fleishman-Hillard Public Affairs
The Speaker’s conference recently concluded its investigation into parliamentary representation. What they found may not have been revolutionary: the UK needs more women, black and minority ethnic, and disabled people in parliament. But its conclusions only reinforce that action is needed now.
The report considered the introduction of quotas for women and…
David Cameron has just finished his big keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. He talked about ‘releasing Britain’s potential’ and speculated on the Britain he would like to be Prime Minister of – namely a country where everyone can ‘pull together, come together and work together’. His themes reinforced those of the last twelve months, on ‘broken Britain’ and economic recovery…
By Rebecca Lury, Account Executive, Fleishman-Hillard London
The next general election will deliver a huge number of new MPs to Westminster. Over 100 MPs have so far announced their intention to stand down at the next election and current polling suggests that the Conservatives are likely to sweep to power with a healthy majority.
Gordon Brown said at conference earlier this week that the Conservatives would brin…
Are you ready for the biggest change in public affairs for 13 years? In just over eight months time it will be the UK Election Day: Thursday 6th May. The next eight months will see the biggest – and most important changes in PA since Tony Blair’s historic 1997 win. This is for three reasons.
Firstly, the next eight month period will focus politicians’ minds more than ever on one thing – winning votes. This means that from a G…