Apologies for the light posting around here at the moment – I’ve been very busy with another blog-related project called ‘Political Innovation‘. It’s really for anyone who has looked at politics and asked themselves “why do we still have to do it this way?” The founding premise is that interactive technology is a game-changer. On [...]
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