Comments on: After email-gate, a last chance to get real? http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/after-email-gate-a-last-chance-to-get-real/ Politics, brains, social action and the day to day life of the RSA’s chief executive Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:39:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: A week is a long time in politics, but four years is a very short time « The Home of Toddism http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/after-email-gate-a-last-chance-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 A week is a long time in politics, but four years is a very short time « The Home of Toddism Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:42:06 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1624#comment-1563 [...] McBride-affair has made the political challenge facing Darling even bigger. But, as Matthew Taylor has noted, there are some “huge choices to be made” on policy. These are such that [...] [...] McBride-affair has made the political challenge facing Darling even bigger. But, as Matthew Taylor has noted, there are some “huge choices to be made” on policy. These are such that [...]

]]> By: News Room :: Technology, culture, Rodney King, Ian Tomlinson and Damien McBride http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/after-email-gate-a-last-chance-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 News Room :: Technology, culture, Rodney King, Ian Tomlinson and Damien McBride Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:05:04 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1624#comment-1545 [...] new digital culture, the UK’s Labour party falls foul of it instead when Gordon Brown’s protege Damien McBride is caught plotting to feed bloggers malevolent [...] [...] new digital culture, the UK’s Labour party falls foul of it instead when Gordon Brown’s protege Damien McBride is caught plotting to feed bloggers malevolent [...]

]]> By: Technology, culture, Rodney King, Ian Tomlinson and Damien McBride | The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/after-email-gate-a-last-chance-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 Technology, culture, Rodney King, Ian Tomlinson and Damien McBride | The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:38:05 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1624#comment-1544 [...] new digital culture, the UK’s Labour party falls foul of it instead when Gordon Brown’s protege Damien McBride is caught plotting to feed bloggers malevolent [...] [...] new digital culture, the UK’s Labour party falls foul of it instead when Gordon Brown’s protege Damien McBride is caught plotting to feed bloggers malevolent [...]

]]> By: matthewtaylor http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/after-email-gate-a-last-chance-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 matthewtaylor Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:03:18 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1624#comment-1535 Thanks Tim - 100% agree. It's not just about technology. I spent many futile years trying to persuade Labour leaders that the Party had to stop being simply a vehicle for those who want to be elected and start being an agent for progressive change itself. It is a tragic reality for Labour that with Conservatives demanding their candidates set up social projects in every seat and the LibDems always being good at pavement politics Labour is now (despite the constituency work of its best MPs) arguably the least socially progressive grassroots organisation of the major parties. Thanks Tim – 100% agree. It’s not just about technology. I spent many futile years trying to persuade Labour leaders that the Party had to stop being simply a vehicle for those who want to be elected and start being an agent for progressive change itself. It is a tragic reality for Labour that with Conservatives demanding their candidates set up social projects in every seat and the LibDems always being good at pavement politics Labour is now (despite the constituency work of its best MPs) arguably the least socially progressive grassroots organisation of the major parties.

]]> By: matthewtaylor http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/after-email-gate-a-last-chance-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 matthewtaylor Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:57:32 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1624#comment-1533 Hi Joan Thanks for this. And thanks also for recognising that however politicians and their ad visors end up nearly all of them are originally inspired by a desire to make the world a better place. It's the system and the game that is the problem not (usually) the people Best Matthew Hi Joan

Thanks for this. And thanks also for recognising that however politicians and their ad visors end up nearly all of them are originally inspired by a desire to make the world a better place. It’s the system and the game that is the problem not (usually) the people

Best

Matthew

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