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Political Parallax-It’s pretty clear from where I’m standing #GE2010

6 May 2010

If three chefs were looking at how much water was in a measuring jug – depending on the angle they were looking at it from – they would give three different measurements. Unless of course they each viewed it from exactly the same spot… Now, in their own minds they would all be right and [...]

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General Election: How many people feel like her?

5 May 2010

So here I am on the train into Paddington for tonights #140conf. I sat in the first available seat and the lady in front of me is talking to a friend on the phone. Not one to normally listen in, but as part of tonights #140conf London meetup is regarding the General Election – her [...]

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Why people don’t vote? – guest blog by @RobJCameron

26 April 2010

One of Lee’s most recent posts (Have you decided) suggested that there was a substantial body of online conversations that indicated that nearly 46% of eligible voters would not vote. I ‘re-tweeted’ this post and added a question as to why so many people may not take up their democratic right, when in other countries [...]

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UK General Election: Leaders Debate Round 2 – after the debate #ge2010

22 April 2010

So even with the negative press that Nick Clegg was getting prior to the debate he’s again come out on top! The following images are from http://electwits.co.uk and show that Nick Clegg’s dominating at the moment: With a total of 31,682 posts (15k more than before the debate) the LibDem online chat pretty much mirrors [...]

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UK General Election: Leaders Debate Round 2 #ge2010

22 April 2010

So how will people feel after tonights Live debate on TV? It will certainly answer some questions like was the huge swing over to LibDem after seeing Nick Clegg win the first one merely a blip? But one thing’s for sure David Cameron and Gordon Brown will be ‘better prepared’ than the last one. This [...]

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UK General Election: Have you decided? #GE2010

21 April 2010

I read on Sky News yesterday that there is a slight difference of opinion on ‘which party’ is currently out in front? There were three poll results published: ComRes, YouGov and Populus who conducted telephone interviews over two days between the 18th & 20th of April ComRes – interviewed 1012 adults on April 18th & [...]

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General Election: After the debate 15th April #GE2010

15 April 2010

The figures don’t lie Reviewing the online conversations that took place during that debate, Nick Clegg looks to have won that round! From 7k + plus before the debate there are now 16,997 posts, with LibDems taking 51.6% of those, Labour 29.8% and Conservatives 18.6% But the devils in the detail so…: Labour Sentiment And [...]

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General Election: What the people are feeling 15th April

15 April 2010

The BIG Debate So here we are, the evening of a first for British Politics: a live debate between Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. So to mark the occasion I push the social media strategy review until tomorrow and bring forward how we the people are felt before the debate and then I’ll post [...]

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General Election: What the people are saying 14th April

15 April 2010

Firstly a BIG thank you… Due to the number of records I’m indexing everyday to monitor the online conversations leading ip to the UK General Election on May 6th (let’s just say there’s rather a lot!!!) 6Consulting (the UK arm of Radian6) have offered to sponsor the cost of this… What an amazing gesture and [...]

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