I've just had this from Lynne Featherstone MP, via email: "*As Chair of the the Liberal Democrat Technology Board - and an MP who believes that the internet should be used to strengthen democracy - I want to declare my support for the Free our Data campaign.*
*We need postcodes to be owned by the public - not sold to the public. Postcodes are the basic pre-requisite for allowing services to be developed that support democratic accountability.* *As an MP, sites like MySociety and others are revolutionising our accountability and the accountability and accessibility of Parliament. But they currently have to operate on the edge of legality - and if our postcodes were set free - could and would be right at the heart of a new politics - an open and accountable politics. * " The conversation was in the context of Free Our Postcodes, so one to highlight if you are covering political support for the campaign. Given that she is the Chair of the LF Technology Board, I take that to means that they are on board as a party in principle. My article: http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/01/19/lynne-featherstone-mp-interview-online-politics-and-the-liberal-democrat-technology-board/ There should be a blog post over at Lynne's site sometime soon. Rgds Matt
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