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Helen Duffett

Nick Clegg’s speech at the National Climate Change March, London

By Helen Duffett | Sun 7th December 2008 - 10:11 am

Thousands of people, including many Lib Dems, marched in protest yesterday on the National Climate Change March in London.

Nick Clegg addressed the crowd (transcript below) at the rally in Parliament Square, and MPs Susan Kramer and Jo Swinson were also there.

I made a video of some of the day’s highlights, such as:

Susan Kramer – “If we’re going to have any commitment to climate change then surely the last thing we need are more flights” (00:49:00)

Nick Clegg addressing the rally in Parliament Square (01:14:00)

Jo Swinson on a global approach to tackling climate change (05:34:00)

And er, me, signing off. (06:30:00) Because, hashtags or no, we’re all roving reporters now.

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Alex Foster

If you’re not at the Climate March…

By Alex Foster | Sat 6th December 2008 - 1:02 pm

Then the magic of hashtags brings you interesting news from those who are.

There’s a collection of updates from marchers, including the Voice’s own Kate Adie Helen Duffett, over at twemes or Twitter Search.

She’s also uploading pictures as she goes, including ones of Liberal Youth and Susan Kramer.

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Helen Duffett

Nick Clegg: first British politician to promote hashtags?

By Helen Duffett | Tue 2nd December 2008 - 2:50 pm

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has emailed party members today to publicise Saturday’s National Climate Change March in London (email reproduced below).

Hashtag fans like me particularly liked the PS: Nick is encouraging participants to use the hashtag #climatemarch on Twitter and Flickr. As far as I know, Nick Clegg is the first British politician to promote the use of hashtags.

Whilst it’s a powerful thing for thousands of people to join together in one place and show their solidarity for a cause, this is a way for individuals to give their own report on events. Tweets bearing the …

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