Quick work MNHQ...

[Ewe]

New topic up in super speedy time, well done Tech.



Now what shall we argue about debate first?

[policywonk]

Oooh. I am imagining it like a student bar (ie mostly orange and brown).

I predict that within about a month we'll see our first impassioned plea for politics sub-sections (socialist, liberal, neocon, green, capitalist donkey libertarians etc)

[notnowbernard]

This is great

Have aquired lots of knowledge recently through lurking on the politics threads

[NeedaNewName]

OMG and we though AIBU got tetchy wait til this one kicks off!!!

[whomovedmychocolate]

Yes, but did Tech have adequate breaks and was he allowed flexible working during which he created this forum? Well, did he?

[Ewe]

Oh yes pw, very dingy and with unidentifiable stains on every surface.

On the student note, perhaps we should democratically elect a president? Or start a newspaper? [evil cackle]



Was also wondering if any of you have any particular politics blogs/twitterers (is that a word? Or should I be using tweeple?) that you would recommend? I need new ways to kill time at work!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Fantastic - thank you

Just need a bit of proper free time to have some fun here now!

[ronshar]

Excellent. Now we can have proper arguments discussions about issuse. Not about who said something vaguely rude on another thread two days ago.
Great.

[policywonk]

Ewe, you are a bit of a righty aren't you? All the blogs I'd recommend are a bit lefty. But will give you links if you want 'em.

[Ewe]

Honestly? I'm still exploring. I have only recently become really interested in politics in the last year or two, since becoming a Mother and generally growing up a bit!

DP is a total Tory boy, very actively involved and we disagree on many many points but I agree with some overall principle. My Dad is an old school labour socialist so I have a certain amount of that ingrained in me and putting an X in the conservative box on a ballot slip doesn't sit terribly well with me.

Oh, and I voted Green in the Euros because I really liked Caroline Lucas on Question Time.

On friends recommendations I already read Guy Fawkes' blog and Tory Bear so a bit of balance would be no bad thing! Sorry, that was an awfully long-winded way of saying yes to links please.

[policywonk]

Len, if you're trying to be mysterious you might want to consider a namechange

Ewe, I'd recommend Liberal Conspiracy for a fairly MN-like standard of debate (pretty well informed and not shouty and unpleasant): www.liberalconspiracy.org/ It is explicitly anti-Tory (but not in an aggressive way IMO).

I also like Paul Mason's blog (Newsnight's economics bod)

Len reads a few feminist blogs I think. Most of my other ones are about international development.

On Twitter, I follow Sunny Hundal (he's the Liberal Conspiracy fella so if you like that, you'll like him) and Richard J Murphy (tax justice man). Again, most of the rest are international development/green politics types.

Anyone else got any good links?

[policywonk]

Heh, just found @realnickgriffin on Twitter. Profile says: 'Your democratically elected, indigenous, bonk-eyed representitive. I'm a danger to others and a national fucking disgrace.' Got to be worth a follow...

[EachPeachPearMum]

Wow! That was speedy- 24 hours from proposal to implementation... I should ask for things more often!

Am too much of a zombie to start a debate tonight though...

[slim22]

Fantastic development. Maybe now I'll start posting again, or at least reading posts.
I find as my kids grow up (and back to work), I'm less interested in the day to day bickering.....however, I do miss my mumsnet.
Eagerly awaiting to read more.

[TheDevilWearsYFronts]

Ooh I'm impressed I was thinking the other day we need a politics section. Et Voila.