Category: politics
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Headsup
(Another online political engagement innovation from the Hansard Society). HeadsUp is a moderated, online space for under 18s to debate the political issues important to them. Young people share viewpoints with their peers and decision-makers up and down the country (link).
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TheyWorkForYou.com
On of the best online political engagement sites in the UK is the TheyWorkForYou.com which is a system that monitors your local Member of Parliament’s voting patterns/speeches (in my case Meg Hillier in Hackney South/ Shoreditch).
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PM apologises to Turing (but he is already dead!)
Thank you for signing this petition. The Prime Minister has written a response. Please read below. Prime Minister: 2009 has been a year of deep reflection “ a chance for Britain, as a nation, to commemorate the profound debts we owe to those who came before. A unique combination of anniversaries and events have stirred…
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Lords of the Blog: Life and Work in the House of Lords
Lords of the Blog is a collaborative blog written by Members of the House of Lords for the purposes of public engagement. The aim of the blog is to help educate, raise awareness and engage with the public on a range of issues relating to the role and business of the House of Lords. The…
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EngageMedia
EngageMedia is a video sharing site about social justice and environmental issues in the Asia Pacific, located in Melbourne in Australia, just a few doors up from my old house in Napier Street, Fitzroy. They also distribute their own developed plug-ins. This is a sophisticated crew that know their social software.! EngageMedia uses the power…
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Nicolae & Elena Ceausescu
I was in a bar in Budapest recently talking to a bloke (about the same age as me) about great moments on TV. He said his was seeing the Romanian leaders Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu being executed. It makes for grim viewing Nicolae & Elena CeausescuUploaded by DwightFrye. – News videos hot off the press.