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Lammy’s lessons from Obama

Labour MP David Lammy's speech to the Fabian Society on Monday wasn't the first to say 'we need to learn lessons from the Obama campaign', and it won't be the last. But it's a well-constructued speech, and well worth a read. He notes the eventual success of two 'outsider' candidates, prepared to take risks - on [...] read on »

Meet the mainstream

Just to draw your attention to the latest website traffic numbers published by Guido Fawkes and Iain Dale. Now I've no desire to stir up previous arguments about statistical validity, certainly not here. But I do note Guido 's observation that his blog is now more popular than ITN, and Iain Dale attracts more traffic [...] read on »

Twitter etiquette for corporates

It's been amazing to watch news of Downing Street's new Twitter account spreading round the planet. Reaction on blogs and Twitter itself has been a combination of 'awesome!', 'boring!' and 'validates Twitter as a proper comms channel'. But it poses an interesting question. Should a corporate channel like /downingstreet be following other people, or is it [...] read on »

‘Gov 2.0′ in US presidential campaigning

I'm grateful to Jeff Jarvis for a detailed post on 'government 2.0' (although it isn't a term he used, nor should he have). He points to two recent proposals from the Democrat candidates for the US presidency. I hadn't heard Hillary Clinton's suggestion, back in January, that government should actually be required to blog: I want to [...] read on »