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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 »

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 »

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 a [...] read on »

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 »