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I've happily signed the e-petition on the Downing Street website calling on the Prime Minister to 'encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6.' I've written on this subject before; and I know the huge headache it would be to alter in-house applications built for IE6 alone (although that's another story altogether). I note the [...] read on »

Writing on Comment Is Free, Hazel Blears reckons Labour's problem is that it has become distanced from its voters. 'The problem is the powerlessness within the system for the majority of people,' she writes. 'People feel that their views disappear into a black hole, without the slightest echo.' Hazel's solution is 'a healthy dose of direct [...] read on »

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 »