Tag: politics

Futurelab Citizenship podcast

  • October 1, 2009 at 12:01 pm

  • Citizenship Foundation CEO Tony Breslin talks to Futurelab's Cassie Hague about the role of citizenship education, technology, and the need to look for greater opportunities to encourage young people to become active citizens. Visit Futurelab Citizenship podcast

Has your MP signed in favour of putting parliamentary footage online?

  • May 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm

  • Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire, is trying to convince Parliament to allow the posting of parliamentary footage to social media services such as YouTube. She is asking other Members of Parliament to sign her Early Day Motion in support of putting parliamentary procedures online. At the time of writing 28 have done [...]

Whitby commandeers bus in contempt for public consultation

  • January 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm

  • I sincerely hope this story isn’t true: because if it is, it shows the degree of contempt that Council Leader Mike Whitby has for the people of Birmingham. Two weeks ago a bus of council employees was scheduled to visit the Highgate area of Birmingham. The purpose was to consult local people on the Big [...]

No sex please, we’re Australian

  • August 1, 2005 at 1:15 pm

  • Apparently we may kill but not procreate. Not the most obvious strategy for maintaing a species. This is of course the story that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has effectively been banned in Australia because of hidden sex scenes, which can be unlocked by the player. So it’s OK to play at stealing cars, running [...]

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