Web: March 2006 Archives
I'm told (in a private email from a member of Martin Linton's staff) that "we have quite a nice new website, it will be up soon". Shame it's only "quiet nice", but I suppose you can't have everything :)
Unfortunately, it seems that the new site won't allow commenting as the office doesn't have enough staff to moderate them. It is, however, reassuring to hear that "if you saw how many emails Martin gets you'd realise that constituents with access to the internet are not shy in coming forward". According to Write To Them, 96 people used their system to contact Martin Linton last year and about 40% of them got responses.
We'll keep looking out and will let you know as soon as the new site replaces the current version.
I've just noticed that Tooting MP Sadiq Khan has a blog. It's been there since at least November 2004 so I'm not exactly quick at noticing this. It's not really a real blog as no comments seem to be allowed - which rather destroys the two-way communication that blogs can give. It's really just a PR site run on blogging software - but at least it's a start.
So perhaps now is a good time to repeat my offer to help Martin Linton set up a blog. Last time I offered I was told that "blogs aren't suitable for everyone". Perhaps Mr Khan can persuade his parliamentary neighbour that this isn't the case.
