Steve Webb MP Author Archive
“Ten Green Bloggers sitting in a Room”
Written by Steve Webb MP on 9th June 2008 – 9:08 amLast Monday, 2nd June, a group of ‘ten green bloggers’ assembled in my office at Westminster to plan to take over the universe. Or if not that, perhaps at least to save the planet.
I have been aware for some time that the Lib Dems’ Facebook campaign on getting the Climate Change Bill toughened up hasn’t [...]
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Climate change campaign update
Written by Steve Webb MP on 15th February 2008 – 9:55 amJust under a week ago we launched our “60% is not enough” climate change campaign on Facebook. A bit of background to the campaign is in my post from last weekend.
We’ve already had a fantastic response, with over 700 people signing up as ‘fans’ and the number is rising hour by hour. If you are [...]
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Climate change: 60% is not enough
Written by Steve Webb MP on 9th February 2008 – 8:55 amWe are at a crucial stage in the Parliamentary process for campaigners who want to see the UK sign up to realistic targets on climate change, and a new Facebook campaign has been launched to muster support.
The Government’s Climate Change Bill, which proposes a statutory target of a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050, [...]
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Opinion: the case against new nukes
Written by Steve Webb MP on 11th January 2008 – 5:03 pmThis week’s announcement by John Hutton of a new generation of nuclear power plants sparked some lively exchanges in the House of Commons. Following my observations, the Secretary of State offered me a bold print version ‘to help me understand it’, and said the best emissions to cut down would be the ones from my [...]
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Who are the most popular Liberal Democrat MPs on Facebook?
Written by Steve Webb MP on 11th August 2007 – 10:55 amFollowing on from my review of the uses MPs are making of Facebook, here’s the top ten listing of Liberal Democrat MPs, based on how many friends they have:
Ming Campbell
Steve Webb
Jo Swinson
Lembit Opik
Stephen Williams
Lynne Featherstone
Julia Goldsworthy
Willie Rennie
Sarah Teather
Chris Huhne
(Rankings are based on number of friends in their official profiles on Facebook, as at 30 July [...]
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Liberal Democrat MPs lead the way on Facebook
Written by Steve Webb MP on 9th August 2007 – 3:24 pmWith Facebook apparently reaching into every corner of British life, I thought it was time to see how far MPs were catching on.
So I’ve worked with a couple of colleagues to look up over 600 MPs from the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties (excluding the Speaker and Deputy Speakers) to see how many have Facebook profiles.
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