Don’t miss Newsnight tonight

Posted by on Jan 29, 2007 in updates | 12 comments  You’ll be kicking yourself if you miss Newsnight tonight as the slick new 18 Doughty Street goes through the Paxman grilling. This is how they are plugging it: “18 Doughty Street is the internet TV channel dedicated to all things political. The creators say that the mainstream political process is ignoring huge swathes of public opinion – a niche they propose to fill by...
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Community midwives’ pay slashed

Posted by on Jan 29, 2007 in Uncategorized | 7 comments Just as the government had extensive warnings about prison overcrowding in the last few years, it was also aware of the shortage of midwives putting mothers and babies at risk. Three years ago, “truly alarming” figures revealed that the number of midwives intending to work in the NHS was falling sharply.  Labour pledged to increase the numbers so that every...
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America uses wiki to promote open government

Posted by on Jan 29, 2007 in updates | 6 comments   With Gordon Brown’s admission that politicians had failed to use the internet to communicate, that they have to adjust to the growth of “audience power” through the rise of blogging, I wonder if he is closely following the new Politicopia site in Utah – a wiki for open government. It enables people to comment on legislation being considered by...
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