Posts Tagged ‘ Lower Saxony ’

Should Politicians Use Twitter?

December 15, 2009
By Stephen
Should Politicians Use Twitter?

Image by VitiligoCover via Flickr Two recent events should be highlighted to any politician thinking of using twitter to further their electoral prospects. These two stories do serve as maybe a warning, before the commit. Case 1: Dale v McCarthy. This case surrounds allegations made by the Hon. Kerry McCarthy, MP for  Bristol East, about the political magazine Total Politics, which is run by tory supporting blogger Iain Dale. I shall leave it to each of them to tell their story. Iain...

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Election Results: Hessen (Hesse) unt Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)

January 28, 2008
By Stephen

Update: Looking for the Results of the 2009 Election? See here. They are fast with the results here in Germany (without electronic voting I may add!) The results are bad for the CDU. They are down in both states which are seen as the test waters for next years federal elections. The results are as follows Hessen (Hesse) Percentages (Seats)CDU: 36,8 (42)SPD: 36,7 (42)FDP: 9,4 (11)Grüne: 8,0 (9)Der Linke: 5,1 (6) My ViewThis is a defeat for the CDU...

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