News
The buying of the President – Jim Margolis
Trying to get into Parliament that day after a new speaker had been elected might not have been the best of ideas, but I certainly wasn’t alone in trying and that was the problem. So by the time I managed to walk all the way to the rather grand committee Read more…
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Young People and Politics on Radio One
Last night on The Surgery, Radio One dedicated an hour to talking about young people and politics. Much of what was said reflects the experience we have through I'm Councillor in that young people do care about issues but not party politics. A lack of clear information and good communication Read more…
News
Lord Drayson engages with the masses on twitter
Cross-posted from our I'm a Scientist blog: Is this the first time that a serving government minister has debated his role and the organisation of government, with random interested parties, on twitter? Some people love twitter, some think it's a load of pointless old nonsense. I confess, I've got into Read more…
Democracy
Democratic Renewal Council – where are the people?
Gordon Brown has announced a National Democratic Renewal Council. According to this Guardian report it seemingly consists of a sub-committee of the cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister that will invite expert witnesses from outside. Others have said that Westminster cannot change itself. I blogged about Etienne Chouard, a French Read more…
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Twitter in the Classroom
Nice video about a history professor in the States using Twitter as a way of holding class discussions with 90 students. They found out a lot of the same things that we've discovered with I'm a Councillor, I'm a Scientist and ConferenceXtra – being able to contribute digitally suits some Read more…
Marketing
J’aime la Tour
VisitBlackpool have created a short film and published it on YouTube. Just shy of 27,000 and 200 comments it has certainly sparked some interest. The film itself hasn’t got me looking for a hotel to stay, but it does make me feel more positive to the town. The folk there Read more…
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Engagement
Conversation happen where the people are
I’m often advising councils that conversations happen in the community and they can’t force them to happen where they want them to happen. We’ve suffered from this in the past couple of days. Having posted a 3 minute video about I’m a Councillor on YouTube we were keeping our fingers Read more…
Democracy
Election poster
The European Parliament have released a set of posters to encourage us to vote in the European elections on June 2nd. I liked this one. Made me think about what my choice would be. One slight gripe. The posters have been uploaded to Flickr with all rights reserved. This means Read more…