MySpace are the latest web 2.0 giant to, errr, jump on the politics bandwagon. They’ve introduced a channel for 2008 US presidential hopefuls, called Impact. It’s not bad, although Rudy Guiliani needs to re-think his page as his profile is Read more…
YouTube have launched You Choose ’08, a centralised hub for videos by US presidential hopefuls. There’s lot’s of interesting stuff on it. I was particularly struck by the fact that there have been over 1 million views of Barack Obama’s Read more…
It’s the most common question asked in I’m a Councillor. And, of course, a lot of the time, where teenagers don’t have anything to do, they hang around in the street and get into trouble. Even if they aren’t making Read more…
Online community netmums has a very active forum. It also featuring all sorts of useful information and brings Mums together to reduce the isolation that full-time parenthood can cause. They have local groups and info as well as nationwide stuff. Read more…
I’ve never been to Helions Bumpstead, but the small village of 400 souls in Essex managed to scoop the National Association of Local Councils Website of the Year Award 2006. Their site is here. It is fantastic. And it seems Read more…
Tom Watson MP has given a great illustration of why politicians should blog. A constituent of his was having problems with a utility company. Tom used his blog to ask his network for information about the company. Unsurprisingly that post Read more…
After an initial hiccup with the printing, the IAC 2007 information packs are now done. They look great, if I do say so myself. So information packs are now ready, for councils who are interested in taking part. Get in Read more…
Leader of the House of Commons, Jack Straw, spoke at an NLGN meeting yesterday. His speech is reproduced in full here. I’d skip the first third where he talks history and skip to the parts where he outlines a refreshing Read more…
Mary Reid has written a clear and simple post over at Headstar on how local e-Petitions differ from the worthy and headline grabbing Number 10 e-Petition site. "The main difference between our petitions (whether online or on paper) and those Read more…
We’ve been pretty horrified by the UNICEF report on child well-being. Despite our relative affluence, it seems this is the worst country in the developed world to be a child in. Partly this is down to the large rich-poor gap Read more…