Thanks to Jack Perschke, who is standing against Margaret Beckett in Derby, for this one!
Have a look at Google Moderator. It does all sorts of things – it’s a communal suggestion box, it allows people to submit questions and rank the answer, it uses the wisdom of crowds, it gives everyone a voice.
I think it might be my favourite web invention ever (even better than politicalbetting.com which I would have said is really quite difficult).
This is why the internet is important in politics. It’s not because it’s The Internet, all self-important and different. It’s because it’s democratising, it’s transparent, it allows people with an interest to really dig deep but it also gives those with only a passing interest as much access as they want. And most importantly, in this case, it’s another way for politicians to be directly in contact with their constituents and it removes the pre-moderation that is part of a public meeting.
I’m quite tempted to make this a compulsory tool for all MPs.
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Thank you for this – have added Moderator to my Favourites list!