Job Title: External Affairs (Press & Publications) Intern Working For: IPPR Salary: £16,230 Job Details: IPPR is looking for an intern to work in its External Affairs team. The intern will work across all aspects of External Affairs work including proactive media relations, writing and editing for online and offline outputs, and assisting […]
Walk Like a Pirate 2012 – in partnership with Emap Page to sponsor our Piratical Walkers is now up! Click here to sponsor Walk Like A Pirate Current fundraising total is over £1,700! Walk Like A Pirate is a 12 mile walk along the beautiful River Lea and Regent’s canal, […]
Gone are the days when lefties just voted Labour and got on with their lives. Today’s socialist about town has to actually do a bit of thinking when deciding how to vote. In London’s elections it gets even more complicated because you have four votes on three ballot papers and, […]
With one day to go until the election proper the parties and their supporters are making their last minute pitches to the electorate – or at least the 3/4 of the electorate who have not already voted by post. Big Smoke thought it would be worth directing our readers to […]
Daniel Lambert is running for the London Assembly in the Lambeth and Southwark constituency. Unlike other candidates this gregarious and lively socialist is not running on a platform of improving cycle lanes or making things better, but on the simple policy of abolishing capitalism in its entirety. Filmed in the Socialist […]
Saturday 5th of May: 12 noon until 5pm. Outside the front of St. Paul’s Cathedral. EC4M 8BU. Connect the dots for Climate Impact Day. Come along and have fun with giant twister, picnics, photo exhibition, and more. 2pm: discussion exploring climate impacts. 4pm: big photo stunt. 5pm: film screening […]
Job Title: Enforcement Team Manager Working For: The Electoral Commission Salary: £50,425 pa Job Details: 2 year secondment/fixed term contract. We are looking for an enforcement team manager to manage our enforcement team, within the Party and Election Finance directorate, in monitoring and securing compliance with legislation by those we regulate. You will […]
We spoke to Mike Tuffrey one of the two outgoing Liberal Democrat Assembly Members three weeks ago and, two days before the election, we’ve just managed to get it up online. Sadly, due to building works that suddenly started up next to where we were filming, we’ve had to edit […]
Job Title: Campaigns Officer Working For: Independent Age Salary: c.£25,000 Job Details: Independent Age is a unique and growing charity providing national information, advice and support for thousands of older people, their families and carers. You’ll play a crucial role in ensuring our campaigns and policy positions are communicated effectively to government, the […]
Are you the parent of a child, or children, with food allergies? Find it difficult to find where to eat, or what they can eat risk free? Come along to the Food Allergy Parent Support Group, Saturday 30 June, 3-5pm, Stoke Newington, Hackney, N16. So if your child has multiple food […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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