Martin Tiedemann
Martin Tiedemann is Head of Development & Communications of the Co-operative Party. He has led the Party’s two most recent campaigns, The People’s Rail to reform Network Rail and The Feeling’s Mutual to remutualise the failed banks.
Martin was a Labour & Co-operative councillor in the London Borough of Croydon 1998-2006, leading on community environmental and transport matters. He previously worked for Geraint Davies MP.
Martin is an elected member of the South London Area Committee of the Co-operative Group and the South East Values & Principles Committee. He serves as Co-chair of the Socialist Society, SERA – the Labour Environment Campaign, and is an activist in Streatham CLP and Lambeth Co-operative Party. He has been a Constituency Labour Party Secretary and was Secretary of Croydon Co-operative Party for several years. He is a member of the GMB, the Fabian Society and the London Cycling Campaign.
m.tiedemann@party.coop 020 7367 4175
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- Job: General Secretary, the Co-operative Party (8 May 2012)Are you the one to lead the Co-operative Party through further growth and change? Do you have the vision to translate the social objectives of the co-operative movement into political action? Can you lead and inspire our dedicated staff team and our MPs, MSPs, AMs, councillors and thousands of local activists? In recent years the [...]
- Job: Party Development & Campaigns Officer (8 May 2012)We are seeking a Party Development and Campaigns Officer to join our Party Support Unit, working to support our growing membership and to develop and implement our campaigns. Must be highly self-motivated, and able to work as part of a small team. Party Development & Campaigns Officer job description Location London Bridge Salary £28,000 inc. [...]
- From Labour heartlands to Cameron’s backyard, Co-operative candidates are winning (8 May 2012)Amidst Labour successes across England, Scotland and Wales, co-operative candidates have been elected around the country, strengthening existing Labour councils with a co-op voice and helping to win new councils for Labour. One of the highlights of the election was seeing two Labour & Co-operative district councillors elected in David Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency. Duncan Enright [...]
- Exeter Education Event on 23 June (17 Apr 2012)The South West Co-operative Party Council together with Exeter Labour Party are organising an event on education on 23 June 2012. The event will look at Labour’s Education Policy and Co-operation in education. 26B Clifton Hill, Exeter, from 10.30am – 3.30pm Speakers: Kevin Brennan MP (Shadow Schools Minister) – invited Ben Bradshaw (MP for Exeter) Saxon [...]
- Lucy Powell selected for Manchester Central (17 Apr 2012)Last night Lucy Powell was selected as the candidate for the by-election in Manchester Central to be held later this year. If elected, Lucy will take her seat as a Labour & Co-operative Member of Parliament. Gareth Thomas MP, Chair of the Co-operative Party, welcomed the news: “Lucy will be an excellent advocate for co-operative issues [...]
- Lessons from the NFL: There is a better way of running our football clubs (6 Feb 2011)Today sees Super Bowl XLV, pitting the Green Bay Packers against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s no surprise that the Packers are back in the final - they have won more league championships than any other team in the NFL. On the other hand, however, for the Packers to still compete at the highest level at all is incredible. They [...]
- Primarily missing the point (12 Sep 2009)The debate on primaries distracts us from real efforts to include the public in our democracy, writes Martin Tiedemann Much has been made in recent weeks of the benefits or otherwise of primaries in choosing our elected representatives. Questions of who pays, who votes and who is left out crop up time and again. It’s [...]
- Have the leadership candidates been co-operating? (11 Sep 2010)When Alex Baker asked LabourList back in June ‘when are our leadership candidates going to start co-operating?’ it was at the beginning of a long, long summer of debate and soul-searching in the party looking for a credible figure to lead us in opposition and be Labour’s Prime Minister. After dozens of hustings, hundreds of [...]
- A co-operative takeover of LabourList (9 Sep 2010)This weekend hundreds of Co-operative Party members gather in Cardiff for our annual conference. Debates, rule changes, card votes, late night manoeuvres in the hotel bar, receptions and gala dinners we have it all. But above all, Co-operative Party members will be united in our belief that we achieve more by working together than we [...]
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Event tonight: Social justice and sustainability: do we have to choose? (7 Jun 2011)
SERA is supporting the following Progress event tonight in the House of Commons, chaired by our National Secretary Melanie Smallman. 18:00 to 19:30 Wilson Room, Portcullis House, HoC, SW1A 0AA Progress policy review series Labour in office took its environmental credentials seriously, as Mayor of London Ken Livingstone pioneered congestion charging but the voters of Manchester … Continue reading »
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#meatcrawl – burgers, brisket & Banglatown (6 Jun 2011)
Yesterday was #meatcrawl day, a trip round London feasting on beef, pork and lamb at some of the most hyped spots for carnivores. First up The Rye in Peckham, the latest place the Meatwagon has parked. The barman raved about the burger before we’d even sat down – hand-chopped steak, all assembled for you, perfect … Continue reading »
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Pink soup & Brixton sourdough (5 Jun 2011)
Heading off for #meatcrawl later this afternoon for meat at at least three locations so lunch needed to be light. Hence followed Abel & Cole’s recipe for cumin-flavoured beetroot soup with a slice of sourdough from Brixton Farmers’ Market. Except now I’m full.
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FM Mangal – Camberwell (4 Jun 2011)
Perfectly decent Turkish on Camberwell Church St for dinner with parents, now with a shisha bar upstairs it seems. Food is standard fare, generous, presented well, but real bonus is super-friendly service every time I’ve been, not to mention the compliments on my Turkish pronunciation FM Mangal, 54 Camberwell Church St, London SE5 8QZ
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Spanish lunch (4 Jun 2011)
Well this was lunch today, some chorizo I bought in Santiago de Compostela fried up with some Jersey New Royals, fresh garlic and some roasted peppers. Missing some crusty bread, sadly.
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Breakfast at the Lido Cafe (4 Jun 2011)
It’s the second time I have been to the Lido Cafe in Brockwell Park and its great strengths and occasional weaknesses remain, both largely down to its location and clientele – the food itself was great. It’s a splendid setting on a beautiful day like this, next to the hardy swimmers in the Lido with … Continue reading »
