politicians

What will the next generation of social media-savvy politicians look like? Members Public

An attempt to mock Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for dancing in a video when she was a student opens up the question of how social media will impact the next generation of politicians.

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Social Media

Boris created EU "fake news" 20 years ago Members Public

Fascinating quote in a New York Times piece on the Brexit-backing British newspapers [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/world/europe/london-tabloids-brexit.html] (and principally, The Sun): > With little regard for the truth — he was previously fired by The Times of London for making up a quote — Mr.

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boris johnson

The end of presidential access journalism in the US Members Public

The newly-elected Donald Trump seems determined to cut the press out of the equation

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donald trump

On criticism and appropriate times Members Public

Now is not the time to criticise the Galaxy Note 7 [https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now-is-not-the-time-to-criticize-the-galaxy-note-7] : > Now, I’m not going to stand here and pretend like this phone doesn’t have problems. After all, the proof that it gets overheated and explodes for practically no reason at

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donald trump

The human behind the politician mask Members Public

A touching moment in Rachel Sylvester & Alice Thomson’s interview with Alan Johnson for The Times [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/we-have-got-to-recapture-the-labour-party-otherwise-its-dead-and-finished-3r30ghb7g?shareToken=9c54c79e70b7b50cc50cdd6643c1e7e0] : > When people ask him how many children he has, he always says four — sometimes even making up a job for Natalie. “It’s

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interviews

Can we have growth in a resource constrained world? Three MPs debate Members Public

Panel * Greg Barker MP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Barker], Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change * Caroline Lucas [http://www.carolinelucas.com/], Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion * Norman Baker MP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Barker], Under-Secretary of State for Transport GB: Efficiency is a

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economy

Tom Steinberg: how to open the data people actually want Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/tom.jpg] Tom Steinberg [http://www.mysociety.org/about-tom-steinberg/], founder and director of mySociety [http://www.mysociety.org/] mySociety is a charitable enterprise that exists to make people more powerful by giving them access to democratic process – like being

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freedom of information

RBI Sites Covering the Emergency Budget Members Public

Adding them to the post as I find them: * Computer Weekly [http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/06/21/241676/live-coverage-the-june-2010-emergency-budget.htm] * Estates Gazette [http://www.egi.co.uk/articles/2010/06/22/719486/Budget-2010-Live-Coverage.htm] (with behind the scenes coverage [http://www.estatesgazette.com/blogs/focus/2010/06/behind-the-scenes-of-egs-emergency-budget-coverage.

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economy