Music
This is rather good, even if there is something close to a rick-roll embedded in it: BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra Hackney Weekend Mix by Dj Emily Rawson on Mixcloud
Read More MusicJuly 1, 2012
Action moment
Red Brick would like you to know that you have a month to respond to the Government’s consultation on homelessness.
Read More Action momentchancellors
YouGov: Best chancellor in last 30 years – Brown 20%, Lawson 10%, Clarke 7%, Major 6%, Howe 4%, Darling 3%, Lamont 2%, Osborne 1%. Well, the usual response to any poll like this is to point out that most people answering it can only name one or two cabinet ministers, and therefore name recognition explains…
Read More chancellorsReach vs. engagement
Something that came out of the Netroots UK proceedings, and also out of the Crooked Timber open data seminar. One of the sessions chalked up in the open space process was titled “How can we restore democratic participation, and should we?” Well, I thought, quite the headline: TUC Gives Up on 1832 Reform Act, Says…
Read More Reach vs. engagementNetroots UK catchup
Other stuff from Netroots UK. Having chugged through my official Brown Bag Lunch (which actually included Ribena, in a disturbingly infantilising touch), I went to the open space group on the Leveson inquiry. This ended up merging with the one on the LIBOR scandal. I was able to contribute by knowing how the LIBOR panel…
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