The Future Now

Steve Bell excels himself, again.

Whatever you think of Gordon Brown and the current travails of the Labour Party, it's difficult to disagree with the sentiment expressed in Steve Bell's latest cartoon for The Guardian.

If the choice is between the the Brown government and the obsequious, self-serving Murdoch clan and their various media organs, I know who has my support.

The web doesn't do democracy

This piece by Rafael Behr is worth a read, especially for the conclusions it draws:

The web is no community. It is brilliant for some things. It does information, misinformation, entertainment and commerce. It does freedom. But one thing it doesn't do is democracy.