This campaign we knocked thousands of doors, made hundreds of calls, delivered many leaflets, held a rally - and made it in-person to 21 of our 23 priority seats, supporting the others via phone banking.
Thank you to the Labour Digital community!
Today we're out in Weston-super-Mare supporting the amazing
@DanAldridgeWSM
! Dan is the only local candidate and has a background in
#techpolicy
+ wants to bring that back home.
At Labour Digital, we want a Labour movement that harnesses the power of technology to empower people, transform society and grow our economy. Today we're pleased to endorse 40 Labour candidates that we believe endorse this goal - the
#labdig40
.
🌹🤖
Tonight we phone banked for
@GordonMcKee_
&
@clairehughesBA
- two great candidates we're proud to endorse! The Labour team said we DOUBLED the number of calls made today thanks to our enthusiastic volunteers.
Wonderful to raise a glass with the Labour Digital team last night! The perfect chance for our outgoing chair
@darrenpjones
to hand the baton our fantastic new parliamentary chair
@AlexDaviesJones
. Watch out for lots of exciting things to come as we gear up for 2024!
Our amazing team of volunteers spent the evening supporting
@SamanthaNiblet4
and
@alangemmell
from the London phone bank - thanks for coming out, every conversation is a new potential vote!
It was great to see so many of you at Labour Conference! Thank you to everyone who joined us and, in case you missed it, we're pleased to announce that
@AlexDaviesJones
has joined Labour Digital as our new Chair 🌹
NEW: Political digital organising - what can we learn from the US Presidential election? We'll be joined by the amazing
@amandalitman
of
@runforsomething
and former Obama staffer and now
@anotheracronym
leader
@taraemcg
. 14/04 @ 7PM. Zoom registration:
Many congratulations to
@Keir_Starmer
on today's decisive victory among all sections of the party.
As we move into this new chapter, facing uncertainty & unprecedented challenges, we look forward to working together on the technology policy issues central to our digital lives.
It’s the honour and privilege of my life to be elected as Leader of the Labour Party.
I will lead this great party into a new era, with confidence and hope, so that when the time comes, we can serve our country again – in government.
Labour Digital joined team Gordon on the doors today. Great to see people getting out across our priority seats supporting great Labour candidates with expertise in
#tech
& tech policy!
Great to hear an optimistic vision from
@MattRodda
on the potential for AI to turn around stagnant growth in the UK and transform public services, as well as Labour’s plans to work with industry to regulate effectively and keep up with new technology.
Why are we doing this?
We want a Labour Government that understands technology and its transformative potential, and these 40 candidates get this. For activists and Labour members involved with Labour Digital across the country, these are our champions.
So, who are they?
Thank you,
@LucyMPowell
for stopping by our drinks reception this evening! Great to hear about what a Labour Government can do with better tech and digital policy.
#Lab22
Many congratulations to our chair, Darren Jones MP on his election as the new chair of the
@CommonsBEIS
committee. From economic recovery to climate change, theres much important work to be done!
Just a few weeks into the Home Office pilot of its EU citizen app, but there are already reasons for concern. After extensive consultation with users and the groups representing them, it's clear that the system has some potentially serious problems.
As
#LondonTechWeek
kicks off in the middle of the General Election campaign, we're pleased to share our final two endorsed candidates:
@RheaKeehn
- Rhea Keehn, PPC for Ashfield
@joshsimonstweet
- Josh Simons, PPC for Makerfield
#labdig40
📢TODAY at 5pm is the first of our live COVID-19 digital policy discussions, featuring
@rachelcoldicutt
@WrightTelcomlaw
@mikarv
&
@darrenpjones
Tune in for a thoughtful discussion on the potential & perils of contact tracing and digital health tech.
📺
Yesterday at our first
#LabourDigital2020
discussion, we launched our Policy Competition for this year. If you missed it, head to our website to get the full details of the competition, and to watch back the live event on digital contact tracing.
Reminder: last chance to register for today's roundtable on tech in healthcare.
Featuring Dr
@MartinCarkett
,
@prafulnargund
, Dr Rebecca Pope, and chaired by
@PeteTuray
Details 👇👇
Join us tomorrow for a roundtable discussion on how the government and the healthcare system will need to plan for and use emerging tech to accommodate people living longer, healthier lives.
PUBLIC is at
#LabourConference
next week🌹
Join us for Party Conference in Brighton to meet startups making a huge difference to social services using
#tech
.
Speeches, drinks and speed dating at 7:30pm Mon 23rd.
#labour
#Lab19
Also joining our panel for next Thursday’s discussion:
@mikarv
, Lecturer in Digital Rights and Regulation at UCL, and member of the
#DP3T
contact tracing initiative!
Full details:
Tune in live, or ask your questions with
#LabourDigital2020
Attending Labour Conference in Liverpool? Join us for a panel event on 'The Future of Work and Levelling Up the County'
We'll be joined by
@DrewSmithUK
,
@Alison_McGovern
,
@Dom_Hallas
, and
@prafulnargund
Where: ACC Liverpool, Meeting Room 13
When: 10:30AM, Wednesday 28th
Tomorrow, join Labour Digital and
@YFTechnology
for a roundtable on Industry 4.0, tech transformation and more.
Featuring
@darrenpjones
&
@AllisonCGardner
, and hosted by
@marcus1storm
, join for what will be an intellectually stimulating discussion!
➡️
Come along on Thurs 30 April for the first discussion in our Labour Digital 2020 series on COVID & Tech.
We'll be announcing our 2020 Policy Competition, and talking through the potential of responsible contact tracing. Full panel TBA.