UK party leaders go ‘On the Record’
This week in London we officially unveiled the ‘On the record’ responses from the political parties in the UK as part of our ONE Vote 2010 campaign.
Each party answered the questions put to them by ONE, based on our manifesto.
The leaders of Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats also recorded a personal video message, which together with their written answers gives the public a chance to compare and contrast each party’s plans ahead of next week’s leaders’ debate on foreign affairs:
ONE Vote 2010 is about raising the profile of international development in the election campaign and beyond. Getting our leaders ‘On the Record’ allows the electorate to hold them accountable for what they’ve promised, whoever wins the election.
Weldon Kennedy, Campaigns Manager here in the UK, was involved in the award winning ONE Vote ’08 campaign in the US and spoke at the launch:
“Candidates were talking about our issues, going ‘On the Record’, taking positions. This had never happened before. It helped make candidates realise this is an issue voters really care and made a real difference in helping put development at the forefront of the election debate”.
ONE Vote ‘08 had Obama, Clinton and McCain we have Brown, Cameron and Clegg – the political context may be different but we hope that ONE Vote 2010 will have a similar impact here in the UK. Regardless of who wins the election next month, we need to be sure that development is at the heart of the UK’s international policies, and that the next British government continues our proud tradition of global leadership in the fight against extreme poverty.
With just 4 weeks to go before polling day it’s a busy time here for the ONE team in the UK. If you want to get involved there’s a lot you can do:
- Forward or retweet the videos to your friend
- Vote for the issue you think is most important
- Contact your candidate or find out more the Global Poverty Project who we are partnering with
Please spread the word, your help can really make a difference.
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30/04/2010 at 6:10 pm
Herewith a comment I left on the Daily Guardian Website on 30 Apr 2010, 11:41AM under the username ‘whydoyouworry
I dont know whether this will help but do hope so,but have checked and it has had two recommendation ticks_…………
‘Regarding poverty which has to end, less talk more action.This should be shown on all tv stations.Must apologise but gave the wrong web page this is the official web page thInk the public should see this’
http://onevote2010.one.org/