I’d been planning to do this blog for years, but the thing that finally nudged me to get on with it was this story (my first post) about how an MP’s online allowance was docked by the Parliamentary authorities because he used it in the way that you would expect politicians to use such an [...]
Filed under: Being a politician, Centralisation, Obstacles for democrats to overcome, Petitions, Pressure groups, Public administration, Transparency, Web 2.0 and democracy | 3 Comments »
Firstly, this is a lovely idea about how design can be used to improve the quality of communication at a local level. Here’s the original site, and here’s an image to whet your whistle:
And secondly, totally unrelated, here’s a list of the petitions that have gone before the EU petittions committee.
Just for the avoidance of [...]
Filed under: Conversational localities, Design, Petitions | No Comments »
Well, we knew it was coming - here:
“New proposals to make it easier to get local leaders to hold a referendum on their leadership structure, putting communities firmly in control of their town and council, has been published for consultation by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears.”
It is particularly interesting that these votes will be on the [...]
Filed under: Councillors, Direct democracy, Petitions | 1 Comment »
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