[...] ‘connected’ on the internet. I’ve noticed that for each party there seems to be a different approach and there’s a mixture of lip-service and genuine attempts to engage with the online [...]

[...] leave a comment » Keith Belfast has got a decent project running. He’s attempting to catalogue all the social media tools employed by candidates at the upcoming election (just like he did for the Euros). [...]

And the SDLP wonder why they don’t appeal to young voters? Putting Alban Maginness forward is hardly helping that one. I know the Greens aren’t likely to win but it’s nice to see a candidate who actually appeals to younger voters and isn’t just some kind of embarrassment that the party is trying to get rid of *cough* Dodds and De Brun *cough*

He obviously isn’t a candidate in the European election but Mark Durkan has recently relaunched his MP site. I’m an SDLP member so I have an interest but I think it sets a standard for other Northern Ireland representatives. It’s still being tweaked.

http://www.markdurkan.ie

Jim Allister’s office just confirmed that it is his and he’ll be using it from next week apparently. Also I might include some of the youtube channels to this as well.

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