That arch-sceptic of bloggers, Professor Stephen Coleman, has succumbed to the lure of blogging (for a week at least) as a guest blogger on Connecting Bristol. He’s just returned from an intellectually challenging conference in Amsterdam to pose some points about the changing nature of citizenship: 1. The rules of Read more…
There’s still several months to go before Local Democracy Week and the final deadline for signing up for I’m a Councillor, Get me out of Here!, but we’ve got a record-breaking 24 councils signed up so far – a lot of them returners from last year, who we’re glad to Read more…
As we all know, there are a slew of elections this May: Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, all Local Authorities in Scotland and some in England. As the internet continues to take over the world, there’s more and more of an e-democracy angle with each election. Here’s one or two sites Read more…
One of the nice things about travelling by train is the opportunity to meet new people. Last year I ended up sitting next to an old house mate from 10 years previously who now has a couple of pubs in Bath. Last week I sat down opposite a fellow called Read more…
The UK and Ireland e-Democracy exchange mailing list has recently reached a membership milestone of 100 members. The group consists of many if not most of the more vocal members of the e-Democracy community in these parts. It was originally set-up by Steven Clift and is currently hosted by Tom Read more…
It’s now Saturday afternoon and on Monday morning I’m a Councillor kicks off in 33 councils across the country (Dumfries and Galloway finished yesterday as it is now half term in most of Scotland). All is quiet now, a few councillors are still to post their manifestos and Sophia is Read more…