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  • EU and All That! Citizenship conferences

    Back by popular demand... Building on the previous run of eight successful EU and All That! conferences, the Hansard Society will be running a further six teacher conferences with the UK Office of the European Parliament across the UK. The purpose of the conferences is to provide teachers with practical...
    Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 10-29-2008
  • Law in the Making: a new publication by the Hansard Society

    Parliamentary scrutiny does make a difference to legislation: new Hansard Society research challenges conventional view of Parliament’s effectiveness. "Law in the Making is a fine piece of scholarship, which is forensic, balanced and informative. It is a thorough exploration of how policy ideas...
    Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 07-11-2008
  • Lord Speaker's Competition - Winners Announced!

    The winners of the Lord Speaker's competition for young people 2008, have attended the winners’ day at the House of Lords and presented their findings to a special sitting of the House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-committee on Waste Reduction. The winners were: Key Stage 3: William Lewis and...
    Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 06-10-2008
  • Time for a bit of lateral thinking

    It seems appropriate given that yesterday was budget day to ponder on a missed opportunity or two. There was considerable emphasis in the budget on green taxes. Inefficient cars are to cost more and will cost more to run. Fuel will become more expensive. Once again the government appears to be using...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 03-13-2008
  • No appetite for eVoting

    In a survey conducted last year, polling company ComRes asked MPs if they supported more convenient ways of voting. Six out of ten said they did. So what exactly is more ‘convenient' than trotting off down to the local school or community centre once every four years? Postal voting is one option...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 03-06-2008
  • We will fight them on the...internet?

    The 2004 Howard Dean campaign showed that the internet can change the fortunes of a Presidential candidate, literally. But it highlighted that successful campaigns aren’t just about filling the fighting coffers. And while online techniques have since become ubiquitous, the winning formula for a successful...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 02-28-2008
  • Finding your political soul mate

    Online dating is in our psyche and it could just work for politics! US TV-network ABC has its ‘ match-o-matic ' website, which builds up your political profile through a series of questions and gives you the closest three in the race for president. OK, when I tried it number three had dropped out...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 02-25-2008
  • Facebook politics: Would the real Gordon Brown please stand up

    Social networking tools are emerging as an effective tool for some politicians to connect with their constituents. Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb has been one of the longest and most active web users in Parliament. He suggests that Facebook's origins in university networks makes it an ideal tool...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 02-13-2008
  • Should democracy be promoted abroad?

    The Foreign Secretary says Britain has a moral 'mission' to spread democracy throughout the world In a recent speech , Foreign Secretary David Miliband argued that, in spite of mistakes made in Iraq and Afghanistan, Britain should promote democracy around the globe. Last July, the Hansard Society...
    Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 02-13-2008
  • Niche players and internet audio

    When I mention eDemocracy to those not involved with it, I often get the question, "Is it about voting?" Well, no. It isn't, at least it isn't only about voting. It's about using new technologies to effectively engage. Within eDemocracy circles as well we sometimes lose sight of...
    Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 02-05-2008
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