Monday 7 September 2015

Labour Party leadership - useful blogs and websites


These blogs are useful for discussion.

Labour party supporters opinions are being debated. in
 Labour  Left Forward.
Labour List

Trade unions
NUM
Academic blogs
Search these sites for interesting comment

Labour Party leadership debates

For those with access to Box of Broadcasts .
This service offers free access to a number of Labour leadership debates from TV and radio. Links available below. For information on the candidates see their main websites.


Candidate websites
Andy Burnham for Labour Leader
Yvette Cooper for Labour
Jeremy Corbyn for Labour
Liz Kendall for Labour Leader

Candidate debates.

Coming soon Labour party leadership contest

in Mid september the Labour Party will be holding leadership elections.
Here are some starting points for academic research.

Official Labour Party site has lists of candidates and their nominations.


Candidate websites
Newspaper /magazine coverage

BBC 
Telegraph 
Independent 
Guardian
Daily Mirror

New Statesman
Economist
Prospect magazine
Spectator blogs
Renewal







Friday 4 September 2015

Guatemala elections 2015

On september 6th Guatemala is due to go to the polls.
IFES has a useful guide to the elections. 
ACE project also has background on the electoral system

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala has a Spanish language website with information for voters on the electoral process and voting procedures. 

Newspaper coverage of events is available from
Pensa Libre
Publinews
Emisoras unidas

Acounts of the electoral system and state of human rights in the Region.
NDI 
Reports without Borders. 
Stratfor
International Republican Institute analysis 
Americas Society - website has good poll watches and analyses
Freedom House - analysis of state of human rights


Reports of previous elections.
Carter center observation and monitoring
European Parliament