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The Independent View: Put your questions to Mark Pack on the internet election

By Rob Macpherson | Mon 7th June 2010 - 3:20 pm

The 2010 general election will live long in the memory for a variety of reasons – the end of New Labour, a surprising Con-Lib coalition, the first TV debates – but one crucial aspect of the campaign that had politicians and commentators chattering with excitement was the entrance of a new political player – the internet.

Social networking and Web 2.0 opened the floor of the political debate to everyone, from satirical photoshoppers to cynical bloggers and, of course, let us not forget Twitter gossip worth its weight in retweets.

Whilst the political parties did their best to tackle new media during …

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