Local Referendums – coming to a town hall near you?
Well, we knew it was coming – here: “New proposals to make it easier to get local leaders to hold a referendum on their leadership structure, putting communities firmly in control of their town and...
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Two things noticed elsewhere
Firstly, this is a lovely idea about how design can be used to improve the quality of communication at a local level. Here’s the original site, and here’s an image to whet your whistle: And secondly,...
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Guidelines confetti – a few observations
Subjecting politicians to excessive regulation discourages interactivity. I’d been planning to do this blog for years, but the thing that finally nudged me to get on with it was this story (my first...
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Transparency – sticking plaster or panacea?
MySociety‘s Tom Steinberg has, for some years, been urging government to adapt some of the lessons that successful websites have learned. Here he is, writing one of the Reboot Britain essays serialised...
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Twitter – love it / hate it???
Yes – I’m new here – I think Paul asked me as we have been having a falling out about Petitions over on my blog and he likes an argument. You can find out more about me there obviously but probably the...
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Petitions and e-petitions: A few observations
Alan Turing Last week, the a 10 Downing St petition resulted in Alan Turing receiving the apology and recognition that he has long deserved. And petitions are likely to become a much more prominent...
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Liz Azyan picks up on some questions about e-petitions that were asked here by Paul a couple of months back. She doesn’t mention the fascinating word cloud that accompanies her article, called...
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How to destroy public faith in democracy
I generally dislike the airy way cynicism is worn like a badge of pride around political conversations. When people say “that’s a typical politician’s answer”, the phrase ‘you get the politicians you...
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