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Have I ever mentioned that I love Rachel Maddow?
American Media is fascinating, with a culture of talk shows, personality, and partisanship that we just don’t have here in the UK. My favourite is the quite brilliant Rachel Maddow, not particularly because i always agree with her (although I often do,)...
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Labour and Tories stuck in 90s rut as old issues return to haunt them
As the Tories get themselves stuck into their favourite row about Europe, Labour are also doing their best to take the scabs of old wounds. Last night David Cameron caved in to Peter Bone and Nadine Dorries and published a darft EU referendum bill, but...
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Cameron concedes to Tory fringes
Tonight David Cameron has conceded to his back benchers and will publish a Bill that would put an in/out EU referendum on the statute books. It marks a new low for the Conservative leader, who seemingly cannot control his rebellious back benches. He may...
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How every Lib Dem MP voted, or didn’t, on equal marriage
Lib Dem MPs that voted against equal marriage: Alan Beith (Berwick-Upon-Tweed) Gordon Birtwhistle (Burnely) John Pugh (Southport) Sarah Teather (Brent Central) In total 47 Lib Dems MPs plus one Lib Dem teller (Sir Bob Russell,) were present yesterday,...
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Iain Duncan Smith forces Clegg into choice between security and scroungers
The Telegraph say Iain Duncan Smith would cut welfare by a further £3bn to prevent cuts to the forces and police, leaving Nick Clegg in an impossible position. There is no doubt many Lib Dem members are uncomfortable with many of the changes and cuts...
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Tech City Deputy CEO speaks to Bloomberg
On Blomberg’s the Pulse Ben Southworth, deputy CEO of the Tech City Investment Organisation,, spoke about how even with all our technology and online social interaction, sometimes a beer or a coffee can go furthest. Watch Ben here.
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Owen Jones and Paul Dacre are the same
In the fallout of the terrible Mick Philpott case, everyone is piling into the welfare debate. On Telegraph blogs, Dan Hodge’s tears them apart. Headlines like the Mail’s, and lazy characterisations of those on welfare as “scroungers” “chavs” or the “shameless...
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Americans try and launch Tim Cook out talk
On MSNBC Jim Cramer tried to start having the, when will Tim Cook be foreced out of Apple conversation. Well it was only a matter of time wasn’t it? Here Cramer is discussing why Cook apologised to China: To compare current Apple products, which continue...
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Libel reform lives, while Leveson and snoopers’ charter die. Where am I?
After libel reform was sorted this week, Nick Clegg killed off the snoopers’ charter on live radio, and now newspapers have rejected the Leveson Royal Charter. Apparently everyone has told Brian that he’s not the messiah but a very naughty boy, with...
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Diary: Getting our Nick Clegg back
Over on politics.co.uk I look at whether we’ve got out liberal Nick Clegg back, after he stopped the snoopers’ charter on live radio. It was nice to see the return of the liberal that we many of us have stood by in difficult times doing exactly what we...
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What got passed on this parliament?
Parliament has been prorogued, with a list of all the major new legislation released. The legislation passed in the 2012-13 Parliamentary session were: Justice and Security Act 2013 Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 Succession to the Crown Act 2013...
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Talk of Reeves promotion shows Ed Balls is still the problem
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rachel Reeves, looks like being in line for a promotion when she returns from maternity leave. James Kirkup reports in today’s Telegraph: The source said: “The Tories want to talk about the last Government, but...
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Boston Marathon Explosion: 2 confirmed dead and many injured
Reports are continuing to emerge of the multiple explosions that occurred on the finish line of the Boston Marathon. I am trying to put together many of the news that is coming together on social media and the Boston Police Scanner. The Commentator...
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Here come the girls?
In the wake of sexual harassment claims it’s beginning to be noticed that the Lib Dems aren’t putting up many women. It seems odd that women wouldn’t want to go in and explain the issues, and show the Lib Dems are responding to concerns of women: Jenny...
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Equal marriage isn’t about a wedding
Today is a pretty exciting day to be a member of the LGBT community. The second reading of the equal marriage legislation brings marriage for same sex couples ever closer. This legislation is about more than weddings though. In fact, I would argue the...
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[Liveblog] Playstation 2013 event – Playstation 4 announcement?
Sony is preparing to do a major playstation announcement, which many to believe to be announcing the Playstation 4 – it would be the first new console in years.
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Tim Montgomerie to be comment editor of The Times
ConservativeHome founder and editor Tim Montgomerie is leaving the site to become the Comment Editor of The Times. Tim Montgomerie moving to become Comment Editor of The Times (but he’ll still be writing for ConservativeHome) bit.ly/YzNJQB — ConservativeHome...
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Labour’s debt continues (as does their reliance on the unions)
The Electoral Commission have released party funding figures for UK political parties, showing that Labour continue to rack up substantial debts and to be reliant on union donations. The figures relate to October 1st 2012 to December 31st 2012 (Q4)...
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Top digital campaigning tools
With the Eastleigh by-election to replace Chris Huhne in full flow, it seemed a good opportunity to start to look at some of the top digital tools available to campaigners. Hootsuite A brilliant social dashboard that allows you to push content to multiple...
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Ed Balls should resign ‘for the good of Labour’
Liberal Conspiracy have posted an extract from an open letter by the historian Anthony Seldon, which calls on Ed Balls, to resign as Shadow Chancellor. “Without you, Labour could present itself as a clean party, free of the factionalism and brutalism...
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Emails are like leaflets – send too many and they get ignored
The start of the Eastleigh by-election campaign has shown the perks, and problems, campaign emails. The battle to replace Chris Huhne as MP for Eastleigh is well under way now, and the parties are trying to rally the troops into action. From what I saw...
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I didn’t get the point of iPad mini…then I held one
When the iPad mini was released, it seemed Apple was cannibalising it’s own sales just because it could. Then yesterday I held one on the Apple store, and my opinion completely flipped. Not only is the iPad mini beautiful (obviously), its is light, lovely...
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Sunday Morning live 24/2/13
The Sunday morning papers make grim reading for the Lib Dems…and George Osborne.
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Crossing the rubicon – politicians discuss press regulation
In late night Whitehall talks, a deal on implementing Leveson and regulating the press has been done. The very concept should terrify us. Never mind the vagaries of this Royally-Underpinned-Charter, or whatever it now is, or the fact that once again...
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The Sunday People finally catch up with Digital Politco
The Sunday People have today made the shocking revelation that Lembit Opik is trying to make it easier to unseat Nick Clegg. Of course, if they had read Digital Politico they would have known that ages ago. If they subscribed to the weekly Despatch...