https://www.bennee.com/~alex/2010-07-01T10:22:00+01:00the wanderings of a supposed digital native2010-07-01T10:22:00+01:002010-07-01T10:22:00+01:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2010-07-01:/~alex/blog/2010/07/01/digital-democracy/

<p>Our new Coalition Overlords^tm have launched a <a class="reference external" href="http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/">new web-site</a> to solicit feedback from the citizenry on what laws should be repealed/modified. This is a little more involved than the current option to sign <a class="reference external" href="http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/">e-Petitions at the number 10</a> website. The site supports commenting, tagging as well subscribing to …</p>

<p>Our new Coalition Overlords^tm have launched a <a class="reference external" href="http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/">new web-site</a> to solicit feedback from the citizenry on what laws should be repealed/modified. This is a little more involved than the current option to sign <a class="reference external" href="http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/">e-Petitions at the number 10</a> website. The site supports commenting, tagging as well subscribing to feeds for each idea. I'm quite impressed if this site has come from zero to production since the new government took power.</p> <p>Of course experience with the e-Petition site has shown governments are quite capable of ignoring causes with popular support. There are also issue of selection bias, astro-turfing and inclusion of people without broadband connections. However it's an interesting experiment and we'll see where it goes.</p> 2010-05-06T10:04:00+01:002010-05-06T10:04:00+01:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2010-05-06:/~alex/blog/2010/05/06/election-day-in-the-uk/<p>Today is the general election in the UK. It's the closest race I've ever been eligible to vote in and the outcome is far from certain. If you do one thing today please go and vote. That is all.</p>