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Sunday, June 06, 2004

Hansard Research on Blogs

Following the meeting at the House of Commons on blogging the Hansard Society is pursuing research on the potential for blogging

They have asked me:

1.Do blogs allow for sufficient feedback from readers and do they truly engage the public in the political process in new and creative ways?

2. Can blogs make a genuine difference to the accountability and transparency of political structures, elected representatives, organisations and media groups?

3. Can blogging give a voice to previously marginal groups?

I shall be sending my response to Hansard but would be interested in any views posted to this site.

Hi Clive

Not a direct response, but have you seen:
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

You might want to beat Tom Watson too it - see:
http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/archives/001782.html

by linking to your page on the site:
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=10556

and/or to your recent appearances in parliament:
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/recent/?pid=10556

And encouraging other Mps to do so...