The American-style televised debates -- and another Yankee innovation, instant "dial groups" -- turned British traditions upside-down and inside-out. As a humorous editorial in The Boston Globe put it, "Thanks to practices borrowed from American...
Never before in British politics has an online grouping got even close to the size of a party, let alone double it. UK Election 2010: What Does Dan Berman Think? UK Election 2010: For Want of a Nail, the Shoe was Lost
Well, how have the British voters reacted after playing with the swingometers that seem to be on virtually every major media site in the U.K. So, is it any wonder that the funny YouTube clips we saw at Labservative shared the spotlight with the...
So, is there are relationship between these two American political innovations which have turned British traditions upside-down and inside-out? British Politicians Confront YouTube, Warily (thelede.blogs.nytimes.com)
The British media's ability to destroy a public figure has in the past been a fearsome and brutal sight. Has the UK General Election Just Experienced its First Real 'Twitter Moment'? UK Election 2010: What's So Bad About a Hung Parliament?
This abject submission to American-style politics turns British traditions upside-down and inside-out," warned the newspaper. I'll translate this British phrase for Americans in a minute, but first let's look at the numbers.
Since last week's first British televised leaders' debate, the Liberal Democrats have jumped from 19.50 percent to 30.38 percent in the guardian.co.uk's General Election 2010: poll of polls. Is #nickcleggsfault the UK General Election's Twitter...
With two more TV debates to come, the result of the general election is wide open -- as is the shape of the British political system given that the Liberal Democrats and their predecessors have finished third in every general election since the...
British Elections 2010: It's a Three Horse Race Tomorrow on Search Engine Watch, Mark Pack of the Liberal Democrats will look at the role of traditional and new media in British politics. Liberal Democrats Use Serious and Funny Videos in UK General...
But, Nick Clegg's remarkable success in the first British televised leaders' debate is responsible for the Lib Dem surge. Then again, there hasn't been a serious three-way race in British elections for a long, long time.
Yesterday, the leaders of the three largest British parties borrowed an American political tradition by taking part in the UK's first live televised debate in the run up to the May 6 general election.
British Elections to be Fought on YouTube, Facebook, Blogs, and Twitter UK General Election "Least Well-Kept Secret of Recent Years" So, over here in the U.K.we're in the thick of our election campaign.
Will Internet marketing have an impact in this year's British election as great as it did in the US in 2008? Okay, so the British drink tea and Americans drink coffee. Conservatives begin the campaign with 22,813 followers on Twitter, 30,824 fans...
President Barack Obama's use of the Web on his way to the White House in 2008 has inspired British political parties to ramp up their digital campaigns for a general election expected in May. Will Internet marketing have an impact in this year's...
