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Pick a team and play

Posted by Colin in Opinion, Politics, Writing on August 17th, 2010 | one response

Today I had an op-ed in the National Times (Fairfax) about grassroots participation in party politics. It’s been a long time since politics was a genuine mass movement. That’s not good for the country. Here I do my bit to encourage people to think about giving it a go.

Take a look here.

One Response to “Pick a team and play”

  1. Andy Smith says:
    August 29, 2010 at 3:03 am

    Nice article! I find I can’t comment, though. It says, “Comments are now closed “

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