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When the new LibDems website was launched a week or so ago, there was also mention of 'a new social action network site called ACT', which promised the ability to 'join groups, organise events, watch videos, talk politics and join in campaigns... to mobilize an online community that reaches beyond the boundaries of formal party [...] read on »

There are quite a few surprises in the new Liberal Democrats website, launched today. First of all, and quite a relief, is that it's not predominantly yellow / gold / orange for once. Secondly, curiously, is that it's been built - and is apparently hosted - in Belfast. We'll come back to that in a [...] read on »

We're proud to unveil our latest creation: a new website/blog for Lib Dem MP Lynne Featherstone (or try this link if the DNS hasn't rolled over for you yet). It's taken a good few months, and has thrown up challenges on a scale I haven't had to tackle before. But equally, it presented several opportunities [...] read on »

There's a new look to NickClegg.com, 'the official Leader's site for the Liberal Democrats', powered - as noted previously - by WordPress. And it isn't yellow, not in the slightest. In fact, it took me quite a while even to spot the party's bird logo, concealed in each instance behind signatures or other graphic elements. This [...] read on »

Every now and again, you come across something which reminds you that, for all our great progress in e-politics, we still can't do some of the absolute basics. Tomorrow there's a by-election where I live: the Thatcham South and Crookham ward of Thatcham Town Council. It's not a big deal, perhaps, but it's another chance for [...] read on »

I've often written in glowing terms about the Liberal Democrats' approach to the web; for a good few years now, they've been doing some remarkably innovative stuff which, for whatever reason, was always overlooked. So it was a real pleasure recently to meet the party's wonderfully-titled Head of Innovations, Mark Pack; and it led to [...] read on »

I mentioned the other day that MP Lynne Featherstone, a long-established blogger and the Commons's first Twitterer had been announced as chair of the Liberal Democrats' new Technology Board. In an article to be published by the New Statesman, she talks a bit more about her (considerable) experience with technology in politics. It's a balanced, [...] read on »

What are political party websites actually for? We'll see which way the wind is blowing over the next couple of weeks: the LibDems unveiled a new party site earlier this week, ahead of their conference in Bournemouth; and they've just opened they're on the verge of launching a new site for leader Nick Clegg too. [...] read on »

It really is Twitter week in Westminster. Barely ten days after the first MP began tweeting, and only a week after Number 10, the @Conservatives have launched an official channel - although so far, it's precisely the one-way Twitterfeed-powered channel we all expected @DowningStreet to be (but wasn't). Likely to be more interesting is @conhome, the [...] read on »