http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ A liberal techie throwing peanuts from the gallery en Vox Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:15:08 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/lib-dems-should-back-tom-watsons-edm2000.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/lib-dems-should-back-tom-watsons-edm2000.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/lib-dems-should-back-tom-watsons-edm2000.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:15:08 -0700 .. but of course you could fit all the lib dems who've signed his early day motion in a taxi - because almost all our MPs are so clueless on technology - Lib Dems still out of touch on anything that hints of computergeekywotsit - that's why the c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/lib-dems-should-back-tom-watsons-edm2000.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa00010123dddaaea2860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> it lib dems http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/ive-signed-up-to-democracyclub-you-should-too.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/ive-signed-up-to-democracyclub-you-should-too.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/ive-signed-up-to-democracyclub-you-should-too.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:48:41 -0700 DemocracyClub is a website that matches volunteers to parliamentary constituencie, and sends them requests for help doing small simple jobs for groups like mysociety and The Straight Choice, such as scanning election leaflets and providing informa... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/ive-signed-up-to-democracyclub-you-should-too.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa00010123f16684a3860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> democracy transparency open data http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/credit-where-its-due---government-getting-a-couple-of-things-right.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/credit-where-its-due---government-getting-a-couple-of-things-right.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/credit-where-its-due---government-getting-a-couple-of-things-right.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:52:58 -0700 On the Digital Engagement blog they're pushing open data and trying to encourage people to use the data provided already, and hopefully they'll make more available in more standard formats. I'm quite interested in the data provided by the homeoffi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/credit-where-its-due---government-getting-a-couple-of-things-right.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa000101240b630b42860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> government hospitals parking jfdi open data http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/which-is-worse-abusing-parlimentary-communications-allowance-or-reinventinging-fixmystreet-badly.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/which-is-worse-abusing-parlimentary-communications-allowance-or-reinventinging-fixmystreet-badly.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/which-is-worse-abusing-parlimentary-communications-allowance-or-reinventinging-fixmystreet-badly.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:39:03 -0700 So Paul Clark MP has decided to do his own heavily politicised campaign site, thinly disguised as a poor imitation of fixmystreet... I wonder if he is, and hope he isn't, using his Communications Allowance to pay for it. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/which-is-worse-abusing-parlimentary-communications-allowance-or-reinventinging-fixmystreet-badly.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa00010123dda77400860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> expense abuse fixmystreet http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/uk-border-agency-what-they-dont-show-you-on-tv.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/uk-border-agency-what-they-dont-show-you-on-tv.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/uk-border-agency-what-they-dont-show-you-on-tv.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:55:00 -0700 The UKBA are now piloting genetic tests to determine nationality of people seeking Asylum, because of course your genes will of course change when your grandparents cross an arbitary straight line drawn on a map of africa. Scientists describe ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/uk-border-agency-what-they-dont-show-you-on-tv.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa00010123ddd013b2860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> immigration uk borders agency labout http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/businesslink-now-pushing-id-cards.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/businesslink-now-pushing-id-cards.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/businesslink-now-pushing-id-cards.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:36:17 -0700 Businesslink are spending money advertising the new ID Cards campaign on their website and with google ads, shows that they exist to serve the governing party rather than businesses. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/businesslink-now-pushing-id-cards.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa00010123f165c53d860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> id cards http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/id-cards-wasting-money-at-every-turn.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/id-cards-wasting-money-at-every-turn.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/id-cards-wasting-money-at-every-turn.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:58:38 -0700 "The Home Office is to spend over £500,000 this year on a marketing campaign for the identity card which features cartoon fingerprints" : News from Kable about the Home Office starting it's "public information campaign" in the north west. ...beca... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/id-cards-wasting-money-at-every-turn.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa000101240b61f7f8860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fail labour id cards http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/and-i-got-an-answer-from-the-panel.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/and-i-got-an-answer-from-the-panel.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/and-i-got-an-answer-from-the-panel.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:03:57 -0700 The last question of the Q&A was an amalgam of 3 questions emailed in on drugs, mine(with a typo introduced) and two others on a similar theme - i.e. prohibition, crime and prescribing heroin to addicts. And then after merging the 3 questions tog... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/and-i-got-an-answer-from-the-panel.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa00010123ddce1109860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conference drugs liberal democrats http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/i-sent-a-question-by-email-for-a-qa-at-conference.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/i-sent-a-question-by-email-for-a-qa-at-conference.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/i-sent-a-question-by-email-for-a-qa-at-conference.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:16:19 -0700 .. so how do I find out if I got an answer? I can't find video, let alone transcript on the Crime Q&A on Monday morning, only 4 hour long broadcasts from BBC parliament that may or may not include the Q&A I'm looking for (which I can't even find ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/i-sent-a-question-by-email-for-a-qa-at-conference.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa000101240b604e37860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> media conference liberal democrats http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/liberal-democrats-just-a-name.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(liberal provocateur) http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/liberal-democrats-just-a-name.html?_c=feed-rss http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/liberal-democrats-just-a-name.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:30:04 -0700 Sometimes it feels like the name of our party is just a name, as meaningless or even misleading as when East Germany was called "German Democratic Republic"! If only Chris Huhne and Nick Clegg had the guts to break the westminster taboo and maki... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://liberalprovocateur.vox.com/library/post/liberal-democrats-just-a-name.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398984eaa0001011016916006860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> drugs liberal democrats nick clegg chris huhne