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Category: Politics

  • The Russian president tweets

    The Russian government has started a presence on Twitter in the form of two accounts under the name of the ‘President of Russia,’ one in Russian and one in English. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tweeted his first thoughts yesterday in…

  • Mirror images

    Business confidence among UK firms has seen its biggest drop since 1995 due to the government’s rhetoric on spending cuts, a survey suggests says the BBC. This news item brings to mind an apt analogy in The Economist this week:…

  • The next party’s about to begin

    My wife and I have just voted in today’s general election at our local polling station. Nothing more now until the ballots are counted after 10pm this evening and the results start coming during the night. If you find yourself…

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  • The analogue election of 2010

    Reflecting on what may happen on May 6 when the country goes to the polls, I got thinking about communication. It’s clear to me that all the political parties in my constituency, Wokingham, who are contesting the election on May…

  • Diminishing care about politics

    Yesterday’s gaffe by Prime Minister Gordon Brown – he made disparaging private comments about a voter with whom he said publicly he’d had an enjoyable conversation, forgetting  that his radio microphone was still live – is all over the mainstream…