It would be great to keep such things in the UK (and so subject to our laws!) but Nature's Connotea displays eye-tests, which I feel discriminates against visually-impaired people (is that allowed under DDA? If not, why do so many UK sites do it? If only these sites were subject to UK laws(!)).

I remembered seeing http://tom.acrewoods.net/blog/2006/sep/green-party-motion-boycott-google-yahoo-and-micros but I doubt that particular motion got passed (can't find any record of it). That there are enough Green supporters even to get such a motion debated seriously at conference should make people stop and think before using their tools for UK politics - and presumably discourage those pesky greens.

What service(s) could we use instead of Delicious to achieve the same or better result? Magnolia?

So, to summarise: I was asked if I "Fancy contributing something using the Delicious API so people can contribute via the open web?" and the answer appears to be "I fancy it, but only someone who accepts Yahoo's terms can do it".

Why do lead digitalgovuk people keep using these tied services? They may be cool if you can access them, but I think the reasons not to do it are similar to the reasons we don't hold council meetings in pubs or cigarette factories.