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J'accuse : Friends

06.06.2010

I am happy to say that I have a lot of friends who vote Nationalist (or Labour). I am not, if I may add, particularly ashamed to be seen with them. There. I’ve said it. I’ve come out and said it. It was killing me really, having to keep this secret to myself all this [...]

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timesofmalta.com uncut

04.06.2010

I’s the third time this week that the Timesofmalta.com editors have chosen to not publish my comments online. Now they are fully entitled to choose to ignore my contribution to the high level debate that goes on in the nether regions of every illuminated article. Since freedom of expression is in vogue right now we [...]

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The Digital Election

29.04.2010

Still observing the UK Election from the Web angle. J’accuse brings you another possible tool – direct Q&A with the leaders. Of course this entails meeting the leaders of the political parties and that means that they have to accept answering questions but just look at what the use of Youtube and Facebook combined manages [...]

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Brown's Viral Blunder

28.04.2010

In the time it takes to consume a heavy, unhealthy lunch at the canteen (should I say restaurant) at the ECJ we get sufficient proof of the value of Web 2.0 in internet elections. Gordon Brown was caught off guard this morning after an exchange with a Labour voter. Having shielded her questions for what [...]

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Internet Elections?

28.04.2010

An interesting article by Iain Dale in the online Telegraph queries whether the UK is really having an “internet election”. Dale comments that: This was supposed to be the election when internet politics came of age, when the blogosphere and social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook had a real impact on the campaign. [...]

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