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Frederic Filloux has written an interesting blog for the Guardian on how to make money out of digital news. The way news/entertainment is consumed is evolving in a mass personalised Read more

While studying history at school – the origins of the Industrial Revolution, the rise and fall of Rome – I used to contemplate what it would be like to live Read more

On Monday Professor Matthew Flinders presented a Radio 4 documentary called “In Defence of Politics”. The thesis was that while healthy scepticism from the electorate towards those who represent them Read more

It’s August, so that must mean Total Politics are once again conducting their annual survey into peoples favourite political blogs. If you want to vote click here. Of course, most Read more

Last week a YouGov poll for the Sun revealed that one in three people polled believed the police should use live ammunition against rioters.  This was one of the many extraordinary Read more

Gaby Hinsliff has written a must read blog about the newspaper hacking scandal. She looks above the drip drip drip of allegation after allegation and considers the bigger picture. “My Read more

There is a lot of excitement around Westminster this week due to the visit of POTUS and FLOTUS. It’s undeniable that the Obamas are political star dust. Those who have Read more

Dave Clements at the Guardian Joe Public Blog has got entirely the wrong end of the stick on nudging, the Big Society and indeed the Tories generally. He seems to Read more

Yesterday afternoon a new political website was launched. The title for the website is the seemingly anti-LD http://www.WhatTheHellHaveTheLibDemsDone.com.  An initially tempting concept designed to attract ardent Labourites and staunch Tories Read more

Laurie Penny’s courting controversy when she asks ‘is it crass to compare the protests in Cairo, London, and Wisconsin?’ Unsurprisingly, it’s led to some fairly strong reactions. Have a look at Read more