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Recasting Power – where muted anger says it all

I attended the packed out Recasting Power event last night in Birmingham. Featuring the Rt Hon Tony Benn (his granddaughter Emily Benn stood in his place), Charlie Elphicke (Conservative Prospective MP for Dover), Councillor Paul Tilsley (Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council), Charlie Beckett and members of Birmingham’s political and digital community discussing how online tools are transforming politics. To quote: ‘Recasting the Net aimed... 
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The power of the web

How do you reach the widest audience? How do you make people sit up and take notice? Just use digital platforms such as Twitter. I’m one of the 41% of Disabled people who have access to the internet compared to 75% of non disabled people. [The Internet in Britain OXiS 2009]. More about that in a sec. Digital inclusion provides power - thanks to Twitter Orange are looking into my complaints. 1 tweet about being discriminated by Orange =... 
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