Archive for tom steinberg

It’s not Lib Dem policy; it’s better than Lib Dem policy

1 June 2010 ,
Yesterday Downing Street published a letter from David Cameron setting out the Government’s plans to open up data. Much of the letter is straight from the Conservative manifesto and very little is from the Liberal Democrat one. However, that is not a reason for Liberal Democrats to be nervous – for on these points the [...]

Tom Steinberg, Tom Watson et al

5 October 2009 ,
For those just coming to this news: Tom Steinberg (of MySociety) fame is going to advise the Conservatives, as explained by him here and criticised by Labour MP Tom Watson here. My one thought to add is that, thank goodness for once the answer to “we need to do internet stuff” has been for a [...]