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Interesting Links for 10-02-2012
- Astroturfing: what is it and why does it matter? | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
'Creating the illusion of widespread support for a policy used to take place in papers – now it's online and even more powerful'
- Boundary changes could leave Lib Dems with 11 seats - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
'a "double whammy" of declining support and boundary changes'
- Exodus of Labour big guns who aim to be mayors or police chiefs | Politics
'Labour leader Ed Miliband is facing an exodus of top MPs seeking to run' [for these positions]
- Labour peer advises David Cameron against Lords reform bill | Politics | The Guardian
'David Cameron's chances of getting his next legislative programme through the Lords later this year are "zero to slim" if he presses ahead with a bill introducing an elected second chamber, Lady Royall, the Labour leader of the Lords, has said.' Ah, so it's not about the individual bits of legislation, it's about saving their own hides…