Andy May

Andy May is currently a communications consultant. Formerly national staff manager at Yes2AV, national organiser at Take Back Parliament and has worked for Amnesty International, Power2010 and the Liberal Democrats in campaigns and marketing roles.

Mid-term blues in Brighton: a double report from the Lib Dem conference

If the bell is tolling for the Liberal Democrats, they built sound-proof walls for this year's party conference. Two reports from inside tell of the marked absence of a debate on leadership, despite Clegg's appalling unpopularity, and a religious cleaving to the creed of coalition.

By Stuart Weir and Andy May

/ 25 Sep 2012

The Alternative Vote: Yes and No camps go head to head at NUS conference

An early clash between the 'Yes' and 'No' campaigns as the UK heads towards a referendum on changing its voting system.

By Andy May

/ 27 Oct 2010

The birth of a grassroots democracy movement

I was at the purple people rally last Saturday. It was something truly special. I may be naïve, but after years working in the not for profit sector to often

By Andy May

/ 14 May 2010

Smellie verdict shows shocking lack of accountability in British policing

In the aftermath of the G20 protests many predicted that no sort of justice could be expected from either the Independent Police Complaints commission (IPCC), the courts or the Met when it comes to holding the police force to account. The recent ruling that Sergeat Delroy Smellie is not guilty of

By Andy May

/ 2 Apr 2010

Police tactics at G20 slammed - but will anything change?

The final HMIC report on the G20 puts another nail in the coffin in the current oppressive model of protest policing.

By Andy May

/ 25 Nov 2009