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Eagle-eared listeners of 2SER FM may have noticed me popping up on the radio the other day - Leeanne Torpey interviewed me for a segment on The Fourth Estate about the use of social networking in politics (following on from the successful use of social networking in galvanising support for Barack Obama and, to a [...]

Thanks to a heads-up from Tim at Tree of Knowledge, I found out about this conference, the Personal democracy Forum, being held in New York City this month. Looks like they’ll be discussing some issues that have preoccupied us here at Gatewatching - the influence of new technologies on political campaigning and debate.
The debate in [...]

It’s probably going to be everywhere soon, but I just thought I’d link to what Daily Kos claims is the leaked text of Barry O’Bama’s victory speech claiming the Democratic Party’s nomination for the US Presidency. Whichever way you look at it, this is an historic moment.