tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post4140086920031226758..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: Why are we so afraid to allow those who wish to represent us to campaign?Mark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-4647977051490204922010-11-15T10:48:10.889+00:002010-11-15T10:48:10.889+00:00I've never understood why our internal electio...I've never understood why our internal election rules are quite so restrictive. As an ordinary member I would like to know more about my representatives on the federal committees, but I have no idea what they stand for because they aren't allowed to campaign. And since they aren't allowed to campaign, few of them bother to keep us informed inbetween elections either (the honourable exception is Linda Jack, who occasionally blogs about FPC meetings).<br /><br />Your argument is spot on: social media and blogs allow a level playing field for all candidates, so should be allowed. It is inexcusable to keep the rest of the party in the dark, and leave the federal conference reps who vote with an A5 manifesto and a name as the only ways to work out who to vote for.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171985623642790407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-21628304298495743362010-11-15T09:58:35.058+00:002010-11-15T09:58:35.058+00:00I entirely agree with you on this Mark.
It is abs...I entirely agree with you on this Mark.<br /><br />It is absurd that candidates for important party comittees can't send emails to their friends or set up Facebook pages for their election campaign.<br /><br />It is right that we prevent people spending large sums of money to get elected in internal elections.<br /> <br />Under the current rules, I could send a handwritten letter to as many conference reps as I cold find addresses for, but I couldn't change my Facebook status to 'please vote for me for XYZ committee'. I could spend £100 on stamps and envelopes but I wouldn't be allowed to do something that costs nothing. Absolutely absurd.Nigel Ashtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-9851280237149131152010-11-15T08:16:47.734+00:002010-11-15T08:16:47.734+00:00Riversider,
Thank you for your comment, irrelevan...Riversider,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment, irrelevant though it is to the subject at hand.<br /><br />For that reason, I've rejected it, but feel free to come back and say something relevant in the future.Mark Valladareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-83986413299365856812010-11-15T08:16:23.568+00:002010-11-15T08:16:23.568+00:00Riversider,
Thank you for your comment, irrelevan...Riversider,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment, irrelevant though it is to the subject at hand.<br /><br />For that reason, I've rejected it, but feel free to come back and say something relevant in the future.Mark Valladareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.com