Category Archives: The Political Weblog Movement

Political weblogs

I have a Boring But Important job I have to get on with over the next few days – finding the offcial starting date of all MPs or councillors who have started actual weblogs. (Same goes for proxies.) If you … Continue reading

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And the winner is… no-one

It was announced last night that no award would be granted in the Elected Representative category of the New Statesmen New Media Awards. I’m angry, but also baffled… so I need to take the time to investigate a few things … Continue reading

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Is Mark Pritchard a gutless spammer?

Do pardon the belligerent tone of the headline. I’m in a mood. Mark Pritchard’s Blog (or lack of it): So if Mark was Technical Manager for a company who are a leading UK provider of Domain Registration and Web Hosting … Continue reading

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Harry’s Place, Harry’s rules, Harry’s values

Harry is having a rough old time. He decided yesterday to propose a new regime of registration and banination, mainly because (in my view) he and his chums are having a hard time defending the indefensible. Now, there’s nowt wrong … Continue reading

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Proxy-blogs

The proxy-blog for Mark Pritchard is go. I know that I missed out on a few of these over the last 12 weeks, so if you’ve launched one recently and I haven’t plugged it yet, feel free to speak up … Continue reading

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Two in a row would be a fine thing indeed

Guess which MP’s website made the shortlist for the New Statesman New Media Awards 2005.

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Now that’s commitment

BigDaddyMerk wishes to bring to your attention the weblog of Mark Pritchard MP, which appears to have been running since the dawn of time.

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MPs: I encourage you to engage with the public via a weblog

Today the Hansard Society has released a report Parliament’s failure to communicate with the electorate. What I’d like you to do today is to take a link to this post and forward it to your local MP with a short … Continue reading

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Our numbers continue to swell

Well done, Tom.

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New proxy blog

This one’s for Kate Hoey. I hope to be online a bit more from Monday onwards. Cheers all. PS – If you need something to keep you busy…

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