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LibDems launch Manifesto Conversation

The BBC points out a new site the Liberal Democrats have set up to discuss their manifesto for the next election.

MP Steve Webb, running the web-based project, said it would help frame “detailed policy”, but that the party would retain its core principles.

Subjects discussed so far include whether to scrap short prison sentences and how to reform inheritance tax.

Members of all parties were “fed up with being taken for granted”, said Mr Webb, who is writing the manifesto.

The Liberal Democrat Manifesto Consultation site is open to the 67,000 party members, with 20,000 being emailed this week.

The aim is to produce an online manifesto at least several months before the next general election, which has to take place by 2010.

Even better – the site is running WordPress!

[tags]liberal democrats, manifesto, steve webb, wordpress[/tags]

Jason Lee

Nice article on the BBC website about Jason Lee, the ex-pineapple headed ex-Forest striker.

At 24 years of age, Jason Lee was living the dream of every professional footballer.

The year was 1995, Lee was plying his trade with Nottingham Forest in the Premiership and the Uefa Cup and his dreadlocked hairstyle and ferocious commitment to the cause were making him a cult hero at the City Ground.

But when a poor run of form came along, Lee’s world threatened to come crashing down around him.

Mercilessly mocked by comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel on the BBC programme Fantasy Football, Lee’s occasionally off-target shooting and “pineapple” haircut became a national joke and his confidence took a battering.

Now, 12 years on and at his 13th professional club, Lee is making waves on the other side of the River Trent as he propels Notts County towards a League Two promotion push.

ClickInfluence

ClickInfluence is Nick Wilson’s new venture. It looks good, and I’m subscribed. He links to an interesting document on community design by one Patrick Duparcq of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Health, Police, Fire and More!

Yep, a stackload of more sites have been added to LGSearch, making it a very useful thing indeed. The sites added come under the labels:

  • Police and Fire
  • Health
  • LG Related

And as with the Councils and Central Government sites, you can specify which ones you want to appear in your search.

As always the list of sites is on the wiki. Please check for yours and let me know any corrections, or any I have missed.

Central Government added to LGSearch

The first major update has been made to LGSearch, the now-inaccurately described local government search engine.

The sites for central government departments have now been added. You can find a list of the sites included on the LGSearch project page on the wiki.

You can still just search for local government stuff though, if you want to. When you run your search, you’ll notice a couple of extra links at the top of the page:

refining LGSearches

Just click which type of sites are the ones you want to appear, and hey presto!

Soon I’ll get round to added police, health and fire authorities too.

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