where we consider that the Pope (any Pope) is used to phallic monuments on a large scale.
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Brown's e-manifesto
How many sides has a dodecadecadecadecahedron? The answer (in case you really want to know) is 428. There’s that and more in the visual presentation of UKLabour’s manifesto that was launched at a spanking new hospital in Edgbaston a few minutes ago. This is it. The first real European election to properly breach the internet barricades. The French have successfully dabbled with a version of it and mastered the blogging side to a T. What could potentially happen in the UK though is a breakthrough of the interactive. You still cannot provide enough feedback to change a manifesto but you are roped in to the campaigning.
A young labour activist speaking before Gordon Brown described this election as “word of mouth”. Funny words to use in the age of the digital. You’d have expected more byte than mouth but there you are. Politics meets Web 2.0. That means that the parties will be harnessing social networks for their campaign needs. Labour has adopted two tools in this struggle: Facebook and Twitter. You almost forget that these are privately run enterprises (both Facebook and Twitter). Fwitter are both dot coms and useful tools. Embracing Facebook and Twitter would not be the same thing as embracing Canon printers or HP computers for a campaign. That goes to show how extensive the spread and reliance of these two behemoths of Web 2.0 communicating actually is. We do not even question the commercial element.
Commerce aside, early tweet reactions to the “intercative” manifesto are not exactly glowing. Geeks are rarely appreciative in that sense. They HAVE to criticise in a sort of “I would have done that better” kind of way. Wait for the public reaction. See whether this video you are about to watch becomes a viral and effective means of spreading the word. And once you get over the hype ask yourself one question: Did you evaluate the policies presented therein in a critical way or was it just as glittery as the last mailshot that you received in the post? Maltese parties might be gearing to ape the pros at the Tory and Labour and LibDem centers but do they have the policies that need wrapping up in this new medium? Who is preparing them for 21st century politics?
From the presentation we learnt that the last time Labour issued a manifesto Youtube was 3 months old and Facebook and Twitter did not exist. Those times, they are a-changing. PLPN are warned. The new demos awaits (better not hold your breath).
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addendum: The spoof is already out. Blogger Red Dragon tweaked a few of the text parts on the official Labour Manifesto vid:
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In Lou's Defence ?
Where we argue that the broadcasting rules are not applied with the citizen in mind but rather with political parties. And we conclude that Lou should have a constitutional right to present a shoddy program.
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Austin's tired rhetoric
Where we examine an Austin Gatt opinion article and conclude that mainstream PN has an attack of the Runs.
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This blogger heads off to the motherland for two days. It gets curiouser and curiouser on this isle of ours. Public toilets receive full-blown perm-sec inauguration complete with red carpet (lovely work Chris Briffa and Co.), we get our very own version of village porn pasted onto the church notice board and the blogosphere is still dominated by the gossip-boards. Global Village becomes local pillage when you eat the bit of cake and jump into the petri dish to examine life in the microcosm first hand.
This IS the 1st April and you’d be expecting some form of April Fool’s prank from the J’accuse, however we have established a mini-tradition of discovering a fool each April. April’s Fool. We discovered this gem of a speech from a local mayor in a village called Palomonte in Italy’s south. It’s not just hilarious it’s also nonsensical – sit down on the chair closest to you and listen. If this kind of speech rings a bell then feel free to weep.
Happy April’s Fool Day (can you really wish that?)
Votate X il Sindaco di Palomonte “la voce di tutti li popoli… coscienze dell’animo del popolo” … does he have a facebook petition too?
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Fausto Majistral’s latest zolabyte tackles the legal problems that the organisers of the stopprojectpiano referendum campaign might not have considered yet.
