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Theme : politics
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Mashup politics - when everyday democracy meets the web
The personal democracy forum conference (and unconference) are over until 2008. Two main things struck me. First, the younger generation (as Danah Boyd pointed out) don't think of the internet as 'not real' - it is an indivisible part of their social lives. It follows that the virtual/physical divide won't be as obvious in the next elections either. The Pew survey on politics and the internet shows how quickly things are changing. In 2006, 23% of people who are using the internet for politics...
from : mollywebb
21st May 2007
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From Siena to State Britain
I spoke at a debate for Resonance Fm at the Pumphouse Gallery last night. Here's a text of what I said.
from : samjones
18th May 2007
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The Mad-for-it Hatter's Tea Party
What did that handshake with Noel Gallagher really mean?
from : samjones
16th May 2007
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That was a party political broadcast...
I’ve been following an interesting thread unpicked from the loud, often shapeless YouTube quilt. On March 5th a YouTube user called ParkRidge47 uploaded a video called Vote Different. It is a riff on Apple’s 1984 ad. There was some intrigue, however, over the question of who had made the explicitly partisan video...
from : petebradwell
3rd April 2007
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Miliband could still succeed me - Blair | Politics | The Observer
Miliband could still succeed me - Blair | Politics | The Observer
from : mollywebb
28th March 2007
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We're all diplomats now...
Today, we launched Cultural Diplomacy at the V&A in South Kensington. It argues for the importance of culture in the way that we relate to each other in the world today. As well as providing a medium through which we can relate to one another, culture is emerging a space in which those relations can be conducted.
from : samjones
28th February 2007
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American dream?
So Barack Obama is standing for President. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about (as Tim Hames is) and a have a spare fifteen minutes, this is the speech that announced his arrival on the national stage in the US. Worth a watch, if you're into that kind of thing.
from : duncanoleary
12th February 2007
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We don't need no thought control...
Iain Dale writes an interesting post on his blog to today, criticising Alan Johnson and David Miliband’s decision to send a DVD of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth to every secondary school in the country. He argues:
from : duncanoleary
2nd February 2007
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Conservative Party - George Osborne: Politics and Media in the Internet Age
Conservative Party - George Osborne: Politics and Media in the Internet Age
from : mollywebb
17th November 2006
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Lessons from Bulgaria
Discussions about eastern Europe – especially those countries that are due to join, or have just the joined, the EU – tend to fall into two categories. First, there are the negative stories that express worries about immigrants from the new member countries coming to the UK in droves, distorting the lower end of the labour market, or placing even greater strain on overstretched public services. Second, there are more positive descriptions of the role that eastern...
from : hannahlownsbrough
16th October 2006