This site pulls together in one place most of my online writings, social network activities and so on. I'm Associate Director, Digital at Mandate Communications and co-editor of Liberal Democrat Voice. Previously I was Head of Innovations, Liberal Democrats, but this is my personal blog. Take a look around - and do comment on what you see.

Politics

Ooops, Jack Straw gets it wrong on Parliamentary Privilege

8 February 2010
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The current fuss over whether Parliamentary Privilege will prevent three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer from conviction on charges of fiddling their expenses makes this comment from Jack Straw, made as recently as December 2008, look rather complacent: The interaction between the judicial system and parliamentary privilege is well settled. Not quite. Share with others:

Technology

How to link to a specific time in a YouTube video

8 February 2010
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This feature has now been around for a little while, but it's not that well known. Also it can be hard to find information about it online as people often call it deep linking - which makes sense if you know the jargon but isn't the sort of phrase you'd otherwise guess is the one [...]

History

Did Lewis Carrol visit Llandudno?

17 January 2010
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I was surprised to discover this was a question people worried over. More surprised to discover someone had written a book about it. Even more surprised to discover that in fact it has been an issue of "long and plentiful" debate which "has never been entirely resolved". And then intrigued to discover, "the evidence is [...]

Media & PR

Why blogging and moaning works

9 February 2010
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I've been on a bit of a roll this year, blogging about mistakes organisations have made and having senior, effective people get in touch as a result (including BT, Virgin Media and the Independent Safeguarding Authority). At one level, this is simply a reflection of how some organisations understand their reputations can be made or broken [...]

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