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UK politicians skeptical of blogs
The article in Telegraph.co.uk talks about how the U.S. has made online campaigning an art form. But, in hte U.K. people gather in their communities more so than in the U.S. How many people can say they know their neighbors really well these days?
So if the political parties are failing to use the internet to open up democracy to the masses, who is? The answer is: you. Individuals all over the world are discovering that they can make their voices heard, whether to protest, educate or inform. Gone are the days when the only way a citizen could be heard was to write to a local newspaper. You want to protest at the failure of the Government to hold a referendum on the EU constitution? Sign the petition on the Government’s website (petitions.pm.gov.uk) or join the Telegraph’s online petition (tinyurl.com/2v4yrt). Online democracy is here, and here to stay.
