I’m trying to find time to ask her for an interview as a response to Our Kingdom’s Networking Democracy debate, but it’s all a struggle at the moment … wp-cache fell over this AM and took me offline, so I’m behind.

I do love the thought of each MP’s consituents having to vote for their expense allowances, though …. including a graph of net asset value since they entered Parliament.

Matt

I agree, the privacy/dp thing is a quick fix, but a massive, glaring oversight. Clearly she’s had someone who knows what s/he’s doing building the site. Surely they know about data protection if they’ve ever put a form like that on a website.

Regarding the constituency issue, while I fully understand that she will put her own constituents first, it does seem very secretive. After all, what is this Minister doing in her constituency that she’s so frightened that the rest of us will see? Is she trying to protect herself from things like the Save our Post Office hypocrisy headlines?

Agree on the privacy/dp angle – but that is relatively quick to fix, and perhaps just an oversight like Mr Balls.

More seriously, “Constituents only” is an interesting idea. I can see that it will increase the quality of service she can provide to them.

But MPs also work in a “Parliament Representing the Range of Views in the Country” mode working on issues (e.g., Evan Harris on medicine or John Hemming on child protection, and in that mode she needs to be talking to all of us).

Interesting.

Oh, and to register you need to provide your name, address, home AND mobile telephone numbers, age group, email, inside leg measurement etc etc

Interestingly enough, she doesn’t mention how she’s going to use all this information. Surely there should be some sort of data protection bumpf on what rights I’m signing away?

And what exactly is she trying to hide on this website that you have to “log-in”. Are there other MPs who have this system? Mark P will know….

Sorry, only trying to remind people who this creep is.

It basically works and everything, but his creepy eyes are constantly staring at me through the (hard-to-read) flash menus.

Plus the landing page alone has 48 markup errors –

I know Prater Raines Lib Dem sites aren’t the prettiest sites, but their w3 standards are high.

And I bet they charge a helluva lot less than whoever made Balls’ dire site.

“The User undertakes with Ed Balls that it will treat as confidential the terms of this Agreement”

That would be the agreement on your official website, would it, Ed?

http://tinyurl.com/6mdezn

And his website does remind me of a sliding tile puzzle…