http://www.metafilter.com/30999/Political-blogging-101/ Comments on MetaFilter post Political blogging 101 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/30999/Political-blogging-101 <a href="http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/archives/001430.html">It's an interesting week in British politics</a> (and not just because of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2003/david_kelly_inquiry/default.stm">Hutton</a>). On Tuesday evening, British MP (and <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3053137.stm">noted</a> <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/bloggerCon/stories/storyReader$40">blogger</a>) <a href="http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/tom_watson_labour_mp.html">Tom Watson</a> raised the subject of <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/31461.html">RFID tags</a> in a House of Commons debate (<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/cm040127/debtext/40127-39.htm#40127-39_time1">text here</a>) - as a result of being alerted to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,999866,00.html">threat to civil liberties</a> by <a href="http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/archives/000782.html">fellow bloggers</a>. Indeed, he even talked about his website in the chamber. Can blogs continue to affect British democracy? <a href="http://bill.verity-networks.com/billslog/stuff/00000074.html">Quite possibly</a>... post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.30999 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 06:59:55 -0800 ascullion politics britishpolitics politicalblogs blogs tomwatson davidkelly kellyenquiry loyaltycards supermarkets consumers RFIDtags civilliberties brokenlink