Bloggers Storm the Corridors of Power

Well, not quite. But certainly quite a few bloggers will be hitting the Hooses of Parliament on Monday eve (or at least Portcullis House, which is also a very nice building, and houses 'a host of golden MPs...'), where VoxPolitics is holding an event aiming to raise the profile of blogging as a tool for doing stuff for democracy. Now that everybody's stopped voting. Pretty much.

Speakers include:
Steven Clift, 'e-democracy expert' (my italics: http://www.publicus.net/; check out the website - judging by the various 'flag translations' he provides, Steven has not yet been appraised of the limitations of automated translations)
Stephen Pollard, 'blogging journalist' (isn't that a contradiction in terms?: http://www.stephenpollard.net/)
Pernille Rudlin, 'mobile expert' (my italics - based on information gleaned from website)
Tom Watson MP, Blogging MP (check-it-out!: http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/)
James Crabtree, chair (The Work Foundation, iSociety project; Vox Politics)

(Whot! No Baghdad Blogger, I hear you exclaim.)

Can Weblogs Change Politics?: A VoxPolitics Discussion
Monday 14th July, 5:30 - 7.00pm
Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament (RSVP to find out location)
Drinks and Food Provided
RSVP compulsory: they now have a new room with increased capacity, but you still need to RSVP (blogrule@voxpolitics.com) or you won't be allowed in....