Editorial: The Usual Suspects

I'm immensely annoyed about the coverage of local politics in this bijou borough of ours, so I've decided to start up this blog in order to create a space for a balanced commentary of events.

Frankly there have been lots of claims made about which side is better than the rest at using teh interwebs to communicate their messages best, but I'm not convinced by any of them. Willis, Griffiths and Jones go hammer and tongs at it pushing their usual agendas, but I'd like to see them explaining what difference they think their online presence has made, or is it just an outlet to express their own frustrations?

It's one thing being able to write a press release and get someone to take notice of what you've said, but it's a whole different matter gaining new members or donations for a political cause from your web presence: impressing the media isn't the same as having a public impact...