Archive for 'labourhome'
New LabourHome, flashy Libertas
A couple of interesting developments in online political campaigning in the last few days. LabourHome has finally had its long-needed rebuild and refresh - moving, hurrah!, to WordPress. And Libertas are offering a Flash-based tool for user-generated adverts. read on »
Cabinet ministers to blog on LabourList
Much excitement over the weekend at the launch of LabourList, describing itself as 'the must read online forum for Labour minded people'. Edited by Derek Draper, taking three days a week (he tells the Mail On Sunday) out of his job as a psychotherapist, the site is keen to stress its independence; but nobody's doubting [...] read on »
Talking '2.0' at the Labour conference
There's a slightly odd atmosphere in Manchester, and I don't just mean the sunny weather. I'm paying a flying visit, to sit in on a fringe meeting at the Labour conference, to talk about 'web 2.0', blogs and all that. Just round the corner from the Town Hall is the main conference venue, surrounded by [...] read on »
Signs of life on the left
There are growing signs of life on the left of the blogosphere. An article a few days ago in the Independent (now displayed inexplicably as a photo gallery?) describes the 'dramatic impact' of Sunny Hundal's Liberal Conspiracy site, launched late last year. (See, I told you.) We've had the sale of LabourHome to the New [...] read on »