tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post5560854888827864447..comments2024-03-28T18:32:12.398+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Greens start process to choose London Mayoral candidate with hustings on SaturdayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-4138728987915788602015-07-11T10:41:15.500+01:002015-07-11T10:41:15.500+01:00Question for candidates re what Mayoral candidates...<b>Question for candidates re what Mayoral candidates would do about electoral polls and Universal Credit exacerbating social exclusion and electoral cleansing</b><br /><br />An April 2015 New Statesman article points out that pollsters such as YouGov canvass almost exclusively online.(1) Yet this creates a demographic shift in the electoral process to further the exclusion of those who cannot use a computer to register for Universal Credit and would thus be in danger of eviction through rent arrears.(2)<br /><br />What would you as London Mayor do to counter these tendencies and to further the inclusion of slower learners who find what computer skills training there is available -- and being cut -- too stressful in an increasingly computer-dominated world?(3)<br /><br />(1) <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/04/living-numbers-yougov-and-power-pollsters" rel="nofollow">Living by numbers: YouGov and the power of the pollsters</a><br />(2)<a href="http://z2k.org/2015/06/universal-credit-and-local-authorities/" rel="nofollow">Universal Credit and Local Authorities</a><br />(3) Kate Belgrave blog post <a href="http://www.katebelgrave.com/2014/09/learning-and-literacy-difficulties-no-computer-but-do-your-jobsearch-online-yourself-thanks/" rel="nofollow"><br />Learning and literacy difficulties, no computer – but must do jobsearch online with no help</a>Kilburn Unemployed Workers Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281633520479831796noreply@blogger.com