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Simon Dickson, principal consultant at Puffbox, has been blogging about e-government, online politics, and WordPress since 2005. Some important people read it.

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Labourspace: great idea, awful execution

Relaunched* (presumably?) at the weekend's Spring Conference, LabourSpace.com is the Labour Party's campaign-based social network. Ed Miliband's welcome message calls it 'the place where those of us who share Labour's values come to discuss how we want to make Britain a better place to live.' There's much to like about it, but they get some [...] read on »

Tories need friends

I'm genuinely surprised to see the Tories' new Facebook-targeted viral video. It's David Cameron, sitting in a drab - in the Commons, judging by the furniture? he says 'Whitehall' - office. Then it's Jimmy Cliff. Then it's flashy animations with a string of familiar electoral promises, some more substantial and quantifiable than others. Although having [...] read on »

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