http://elleeseymour.com MCIPR, PRESS CONSULTANT, JOURNALIST, POLITICAL AND PR BLOGGER. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:24:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I met Anna Arrowsmith last Monday at the House of Lords. It was International Women’s Day and we both attended an event entitled “Achieving Equality in Parliament.” During question time, Anna’s hand shot up. “I’m the first ever parliamentary candidate from the porn industry. I’ve just been selected for ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/13/the-day-i-met-anna-the-lib-dem-porn-candidate/ There are one of two places I would like to  be on election night – Harlow or Luton South. It’s impossible not to be blown away by the impressive support and high regard which our Conservative candidate Robert Halfon has earned from the Essex community. I spent yesterday ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/13/my-day-in-harlow/ What’s he like to live with? What are his annoying habits? Does he wear Y-fronts or  boxers? Can he really be trusted to run the country? What makes him cry? These are some questions which the wives of our political leaders might have to answer soon. With both David ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/11/election-2010-and-sam-v-sarah/ I will be honouring International Women’s Day today by attending an event in the House of Lords entitled, “Achieving Equality in Parliament.” It is organised by WAFE – Women worldwide Advancing Freedom and Equality and I  shall be interested to hear their speakers; this is one of my ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/08/honouring-international-womens-day/ Have you heard of the hospitalist? It’s an American concept, and one I would like a new Conservative government to consider introducing here to improve patient care while in hospital following yesterday’s devastating report in The Sunday’s Times which highlighted their neglect to meet targets. A ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/08/introducing-the-hospitalist/ If reports that Jon Venables – one of the killers of Jamie Bulger - is correct and he is to be charged with offences of a sexual nature, then we face an unprecedented legal quagmire. The law seems to be bending over backwards to nurture and protect Venables ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/07/the-jon-venables-legal-quagmire/ Good one Janice. If candidates can’t afford their own battle bus, then this is the next best thing. I have spent a weekend with Janice Small in  Batley and Spen and I know how hard she is working. Deserving to win is not enough, and Janice knows she has ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/06/janice-is-just-the-ticket/ I’ve been reading Winston Churchill’s obit in The Times today and it describes how  his mother, the glamorous Pamela Harriman, left him $6 million in her will – on condition that he shared it equally with his first wife who he had divorced; he went on to happily remarry. ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/03/controlling-from-the-grave/ Last night I was Table Topics Master at Cambridge Speakers’ Club and I invited  members and courageous guests to imagine they were parliamentary candidates trying to win votes. The role of the TTM is to provide different questions which speakers can respond to totally spontaneously, to ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/03/my-toastmasters-election-special-2/ Peter Sutcliffe is seeking a release date from prison on the grounds that he was wrongly convicted of the murder of 13 women because he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time of his crimes. The High Court was told yesterday by Kevin Murray, a consultant psychiatrist ... http://elleeseymour.com/2010/03/02/should-the-yorkshire-ripper-be-released/