Last chance to meet in 2013 before everyone goes away for Xmas / NY on 22nd December 2pm. We thought we'd try the John Rylands Library cafe but it closes at 4.30pm on a Sunday so we'll have to move to somewhere else afterwards if we are so inclined (and we usually are :)) Address: The John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3EH
Tag Manchester City Centre Ward
We at the UK Pirate Party are trying to make "politics" relevant to the local people, rather than limiting it to age-old rivalries between "us" and "them", "Manchester / Edinburgh / Glasgow" and "London", "the UK" and "Europe" or "the world". I am not an Orator, but like all my colleagues at the Pirate Party I know how to listen and empathise, and only afterwards decide what is important to the locals (as opposed to what is important for a Party Board of Governors). We hope to make this clear by...
Manchester Confidential 's Ragnhildur Finsdottir approached me a couple of weeks ago and asked me a few questions on the Pirate Party and why I'm standing at the local elections for Manchester City Centre (next Thursday 3rd May). Here is the link to the article "The Pirate Party UK And The Digital Battleground" that got published yesterday, and below is the full interview in a Q & A format:
What do you hope to get from these elections?
I want a seat on the Manchester City Coun...
The Manchester Local Elections are upon us! They are taking place all day long on Thursday 3 May 2012 with polling stations being open from 7 in the morning to 10 in the evening (so no excuse not to go out and vote!).
Here are some facts and How-Tos on this year's elections:
Candidates Standing in the 3 May Manchester Local Election 2012