http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/10/12/why-bringing-politicians-and-the-public-closer-to-each-other-is-important/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Promoting innovation and a conversational local politics Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/10/12/why-bringing-politicians-and-the-public-closer-to-each-other-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-649 cyberdoyle Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:53:09 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=1717#comment-649 'the way that the media report and portray political discourse – is getting in the way of democracy. We seem to have allowed the media to take sole responsibility for a task to which they are very clearly unsuited.' Totally agree, and only by working together via the opportunities presented with internet access can real democracy exist. Power to the People. Shame half the people can't take part due to the obsolete copper infrastructure in digitalbritain but change is coming. We have to embrace IT. ‘the way that the media report and portray political discourse – is getting in the way of democracy. We seem to have allowed the media to take sole responsibility for a task to which they are very clearly unsuited.’
Totally agree, and only by working together via the opportunities presented with internet access can real democracy exist. Power to the People.
Shame half the people can’t take part due to the obsolete copper infrastructure in digitalbritain but change is coming. We have to embrace IT.

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