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.
What is a weblog? | Why two-way communication? | Why do I need my own domain?
More politicians need to be using weblogs properly. Maybe you can help.
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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)« Shaun Woodward | Main | Alan Milburn (Proxy Blog) » June 8, 2004 Lewis Moonie (Proxy Blog)Labour MP for Kirkcaldy (1992-2005) Proxy blog by: doctorvee Launched: June 08, 2004 Format: Blogger.com (customised template) Comments: Yes This was one the first proxy-blogs created as part of the proxy blog project, and provides an excellent model of an ideal navigational sidebar (with contact information, profile links and more). It was wrapped up after a few months when Lewis Moonie announced that he not be seeking re-election. The author had this to say: I've decided that there is no point in continuing with the Lewis Moonie blog. For a start, he isn't going to be an MP for very much longer. There's never any news on Lewis Moonie floating about. And this area is so unquestioning of Labour. I've achieved little in the real world. But I think I've made a good attempt at making Lewis Moonie that little bit more accessible. Up-to-date contact information is murder to find, but I've got it all here - along with links to his page on They Work For You and Public Whip, so I won't tear this blog right down. Archive posts, if you really want them, are still available as well. Posted by timireland on June 8, 2004 4:24 PM in the category Blogs: Proxies 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.) |