Local Websites in a Nutshell » local blog http://www.nutshell.org.uk life is best on a small scale Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:23:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Local Blog sinks Somerton Town Council http://www.nutshell.org.uk/local-blog-sinks-somerton-town-council/ http://www.nutshell.org.uk/local-blog-sinks-somerton-town-council/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:14:38 +0000 mattwardman http://www.nutshell.org.uk/local-blog-sinks-somerton-town-council/ Local Bloggers are beginning to produce a few good examples of effective scrutiny of Local Councils. In this piece David Keen, who is a Vicar in Yeovil and writes regularly for my Wardman Wire political site, gives an account of a local controversy in the Somerset town of Somerton, which has lead to a number of resignations from the Town Council.

Further, some national commentators are beginning to notice that local blogs have a place in building a better political culture in the UK.

Over to David ... (by the way, the inflammatory title is mine).

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]]> http://www.nutshell.org.uk/local-blog-sinks-somerton-town-council/feed/ 0 Ultralocal Blogging Roundup. Talk About Local ‘09, Guardian, Wired Mag http://www.nutshell.org.uk/ultralocal-blogging-roundup-talk-about-local-09-guardian-wired-mag/ http://www.nutshell.org.uk/ultralocal-blogging-roundup-talk-about-local-09-guardian-wired-mag/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:51:50 +0000 mattwardman http://www.nutshell.org.uk/ultralocal-blogging-roundup-talk-about-local-09-guardian-wired-mag/ There have been several events and reports worthy of note in the last week in the world of local blogs and websites . I thought it worth a roundup, and some reflections

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