I’ve just had this article published by The Telegraph. Sometimes, it’s only when you read yourself elsewhere that you see that you buried your more important point under less significant ones.
“Since the 2005 election, we have raced past the tipping point. Facebook has 23 million British users. About half of the eligible voters are social [...]
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Empowerment research – yes – actual research….
I went to an interesting seminar last week at the CLG (yes – unusual!) where Prof. Lawrence Pratchett and Dr Catherine Durose from De Montfort University talked about a recent systematic review they have carried out of a number of different empowerment tools. You can find the full report on the CLG site and [...]
The Silver Surfer
A few years ago, I looked at the whole notion of the Silver Surfer as part of a project for Age Concern. At the time, it was a useful concept for an organisation such as that to get into the public domain.
Moving it on, Kathryn Corrick asks a few questions here – well worth a [...]
Twitter and conversational politics
Here’s Jonathan Fryer, a Lib-Dem blogger on the way that Twitter can change conversational dynamics and add something new to politics:
I’ve been finding it hugely useful in recent weeks and have noted how one can enter into dialogue with politicians of other parties as well as with journalists and bloggers of all persuasions, who are quite happy to [...]
PICamp will be part of Reboot Britain
Over the next few weeks, this site will carry a number of posts outlining some of the themes that will come up in the Political Innovation Camp (PICamp) strand of NESTA’s Reboot Britain event, taking place on the 6th July 2009 in central London.
I’m hoping that the event will cover a wide range of themes, [...]
An offer to political parties
Both Labour and the Conservatives have moved to take away the whip – and effectively deselect – MPs that have offended public morality with their expense claims.
But is this really enough? Are we simply to be satisfied that a few examples are made of the most egregious cases of an abuse of parliamentary expenses and [...]
Viral visualisations
A while ago, I highlighted a visualisation that helped to explain a policy issue. The upside was that it was plainly something that enhanced to quality of public conversation because it was a beautiful design. The downside was that it was in Spanish – largely a closed book to me.
Here’s a new one – a [...]
Cllr David Cameron, MEP
The Conservatives have given up all pretence that the local and European Parliament elections are about local government or Europe. Instead, they are campaigning on Gordon Brown, the NHS and the fiscal position, none of which are in the control of local government or Europe. Here’s David Cameron (quoted on the BBC):
With every Conservative vote, [...]
You need to learn how to use your computer
If you read this blog, you must know a few influential people? Maybe they’ve been elected, or have some official role that is, in reality, more powerful than someone who has been elected?
Would they be the sort of person who would get someone else to do anything vaguely complicated with a PC? Do they regard [...]
Jack Dee on local newspapers
It’s Friday:
“You can see the beating heart of a community by looking at the local newspaper.”
A blog about representative democracy, social media and a conversational politics. How will peer-to-peer communications change local democracy? How is representation changing? 
