Tag Archive for politics

Local media and Jeremy Hunt

February 8, 2011 william perrin 3 comments

[note - within minutes of publishing this some people have pointed out that the original title could be mis-construed given recent spoonerisms on the radio.  This is abosolutely not my intention a- 'the local hunt' is a fox hunting phrase from my childhood brought up in Northamptonshire's Pytchley country.  Please behave for heavens sake.  Radio4 [...]

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E-petitions – system reform needed to reap the benefits of digital engagment in policy

November 22, 2010 william perrin 2 comments

One of the nice things about epetitions was that it never promised to be anything more than a faithful online version of offline petitions.  Petitions have been a staple of British political life for 400 years ‐ they are well understood as being a crie de coeur , a simple way of salving a politicial [...]

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Add WriteToThem.com to your WordPress blog

December 10, 2009 philip john No comments

If you’ve not heard of WriteToThem.com before, it’s a great site by mySociety which makes contact politicians really easy, whether that’s your local councillors or your MP, regional assembly member or MEP. To make it even easier for readers of your own blog, I’ve just finished the first phase of a new plugin for WordPress. [...]

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Add TheyWorkForYou.com to your WordPress blog

December 9, 2009 philip john One comment

TheyWorkForYou.com is a great site built by e-democracy charity, mySociety. It provides an easy way for citizens to keep an eye on their MP. You can sign up for e-mail updates whenever your MP speaks in the House of Commons, for example. So wouldn’t it be cool if you could also put this stuff on [...]

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