Daniel Cox, one of the Councillors who took part in the original Norfolk LifeSwap event was recently elected as Leader of Norfolk County Council at the age of 36. According to our sources this makes him the youngest Leader of a County Council in the UK. Congratulations to him.
After all the US presidential hopefuls getting into YouTube and MySpace recently, the Labour Party couldn’t be far behind. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Labour Party Channel! There are several clips there from a month ago, but a ‘welcome to the Labour Party Channel’ message from Tony was Read more
A few days ago I told you about US presidential hopefuls going on MySpace. Now it turns out that John McCain should have paid a bit more attention to good online manners. Whoever set up his MySpace page nicked Mike D‘s template wholesale, without crediting it, including hotlinking to images Read more
Well it’s been a gruelling couple of weeks for the councillors (and those of us working behind the scenes too! No, no, it’s fine, we don’t want sympathy, we do it for the love of democracy. I seem to remember). But hopefully an interesting, entertaining and inspiring one for the Read more
I often tell people, when I’m talking about I’m a Councillor, that it’s definitely a two way thing. It’s not just about young people learning more about local democracy (as if they are empty vessels that just need filling up by clever grown-up). It’s also about local democracy (in the Read more
Well, that was the busiest day we’ve ever had on IAC, and it was the first day! It’s only going to get busier. The energy of young people faced with a forum like this is a joy to behold, but a bugger to keep up with. The moderators and councillors Read more
I’ve been given the chance to post on the ICELE blog about the Budapest Conference. This is what I wrote: I’ve now caught up on my sleep from Budapest, but not my thoughts. I have two over-riding themes left over from the event. Firstly was listening to Etienne Chouard speak Read more
One of the discussions that should have occurred at the event is now happening on the blog of the lovely Antonia Bance. I met Antonia at the event. She is a Councillor in Oxford, new to the job and comes across as really passionate about what she believes in. She’s Read more