The Political Weblog Project is a collaborative effort designed to encourage MPs, Councillors and other elected officials to communicate more effectively online via the intelligent use of weblogs. Elected officials who wish to take part in this scheme must follow these simple rules that exist primarily for your own benefit:Rule #1 - You must own (or be ready to purchase) your own domain name.
Rule #2 - You must use the technology to engage in two-way commmunication
Rule #3 - You must fund/source the weblog with your own money or resources.
Those who pledge to follow these rules will be provided with all the necessary assets and expertise at an extremely competitive rate.
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If you click on any of the 'Blogs' categories below, you will find that these entries have been individually backdated to correspond with the launch date of the blog that entry references (in order to provide a categorised and sequential history of these blogs).
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Blogs: All (31) Blogs: Campaign (2) Blogs: Councillors (Labour) (1) Blogs: House of Lords (1) Blogs: MPs (Conservative) (1) Blogs: MPs (Labour) (5) Blogs: MPs (Liberal Democrat) (2) Blogs: Proxies (20) Designers and Providers (4) Education and Seminars (2) Fighting Ignorance (6) General (1) News (2)« Lord Clive Soley | Main | Lewis Moonie (Proxy Blog) » April 2, 2004 Shaun WoodwardLabour MP for St Helens South Launched: April 2, 2004 Format: Custom by OtherMedia Comments: Yes Oooh, what a clever clogs is Shaun Woodward. He even has his own domain name. And engagement with the public is the order of the day, as Shaun made clear in his launch post: Getting people interested in British politics really matters. Why do human rights matter? How do we take the equality agenda forward? Why should we reform the House of Lords? Should we engage further into the EU? Do we still suffer from institutional racism in Britain? Why do more people seem to be interested in Pop Idol or I'm a Celebrity than in General Elections? These are serious questions and invite serious conversation. So please, use the site not only for reference but to engage. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. However, as this site is custom-built, it does not work and play well with other weblogs. This may have something to do with the decision not to include a trackback function, but it's equally likely that this was a strategic move. I'll try to find out. OK, let's get back to engagement. Shaun regularly opens the floor to debate on a wide range of issues and usually gets a healthy response. Visitors can then read his views, the views of others and any responses from the MP. The comments are kept in order via a pre-vetting system (Shaun or his staff can read comments before they are cleared and published) and there's also a nifty 'Check this box if you live in St Helens South' feature. Posted by timireland on April 2, 2004 10:40 AM in the category Blogs: MPs (Labour) CommentsPost a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |