[Air-l] Petition Tony Blair, online that is

[W.Lusoli at lse.ac.uk]

Hi Ildico - thanks for this.

well, a number of reasons really. First that the PM is a self-confessed technophobe; then because the Tories and Labour are waging an escalating war on who is reaching out more to the public using ICTs [Webcameron, Osborne, conservative blogs, Labour' new campaign space]; then because the website had 500 [500 !!] submissions in two days; then because it all looks soooo transparent, but is it; etcetera, etctera and etcetera once more.

My eyes are now sore for the rubbing

Cheers

Wainer

-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Ildiko Kaposi
Sent: Fri 11/17/2006 2:31 PM
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-l] Petition Tony Blair, online that is
 
Wainer,

What's the reason for your disbelief? 

I took only a cursory glance at the sight, so I'm not well-informed.
First of all, I don't know what the online petitioning implies exactly,
i.e. whether there are any obligatory consequences for the Right Hon.
Blair or government policy. But online petitioning as such is practised
elsewhere, and e-democracy has been something of a priority for the UK
government, so this seems to fit the pattern.
Am I misreading the initiative?

Ildiko


>>> "Wainer Lusoli" <w.lusoli at lse.ac.uk> 11/17/06 1:56 PM >>>
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/

Still rubbing my eyes in disbelief

Any thoughts, anyone?

Wainer


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