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Is Miliband starting to get social and web 2.0 at the Foreign Office?

By + on July 28, 2007 in Government, Politics, social media

When David Miliband was promoted to Foreign Secretary many people questioned if he would or could be able to continue his cabinet minister blog, which had already followed him through one cabinet reshuffle. Simon Dickson has a couple of interesting…

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Journalists must learn not judge everyone by their low moral standards

By + on July 21, 2007 in Government, Media, Politics

In January I wrote “My New Year wish is for everyone to think nicer”. I was bemoaning the fact that so many journalists and bloggers have such a nasty, pessimistic view of life. One of the issues that was making…

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RSA conference on social impact of the web

By + on March 28, 2007 in Business, Government, Politics, social media

The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is hosting a conference on “How can new internet technology empower us to interact with each other in novel ways”. Sounds interesting, not least because it’s free. You…

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Road pricing petition driven by Daily Mail

By + on February 20, 2007 in Government, Media, social media

Simon Dickson points to some great analysis by Hitwise’s Heather Hopkins of the traffic (and therefore the signatures) to the e-petition on road charging. The Daily Mail is the fourth largest provider of traffic (behind Google, Hotmail and the No…

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Edelman Trust Barometer

By + on January 23, 2007 in Business, Government, Politics, public relations, social media

Work commitments meant that I didn’t have time to blog about attending yesterday’s launch of the Edelman Trust Barometer. I feel slightly shamed as other bloggers who attended have already commented, such as David Brain, Ian Delaney, Iain Dale and…

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My final word on social media kerfuffle

By + on January 22, 2007 in Business, Government, Marketing, Politics, public relations, Public Sector, Self Promotion, social media

A couple of great posts have prompted me to make one final post on the latest social media and PR kerfuffle. First of all the ever wise Tom Murphy brings a dose of reality and common sense by saying “Now…

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Swedish Foreign Minister blogs

By + on January 10, 2007 in Government, Politics, social media

Thanks to Iain Dale for the news that Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is blogging. He appears to be doing so in a personal capacity, rather than as a minister, as he is using blogger.com. He actually started his blog…

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My New Year wish is for everyone to think nicer

By + on January 3, 2007 in Business, Government, Politics

Last year my main irritation – causing me to swear more than anything else – was all those bloggers and journalists who have such a nasty depressing view of life. Most recently it is those bloggers who have castigated Microsoft…

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Insider’s blog to life in Westminster

By + on October 16, 2006 in Government, Politics

Looking for an insider’s take on life as a researcher for an MP? Then you could do worse than check out The British Bullshit Foundation.

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Too many UK politicians still don’t get it

By + on October 13, 2006 in Government, Politics

The Ulster Unionists aren’t usually considered to be at the cutting edge of anything positive, but in this case they are showing all the other parties how to do it. The Ulster Unionists are blogging the Northern Ireland peace talks…

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