Blog - Richard Corbett

UK Labour MEP from 1996 to 2009

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

I imagine most of you will by now at least have heard of, if not seen, “Webcameron”, a series of video blogs from the Conservative Party leader.

As usual with Cameron, image is everything and policy is tucked away somewhere behind the stairs. So while we do get to hear his children shouting in the background and see him do the washing up (including his soon to be popular catchphrase: “Right, now I'm going to wash-up the porridge”), we are still no closer to actual policies.

Still, I will leave it to Marina Hyde of the Guardian to discuss Webcameron further. Read her column here.

One website with video clips I can heartily recommend is the excellent EUX.TV where you can watch an array of news clips, interviews and short programmes to do with current EU issues.

It is an innovative approach and here in the UK in particular, where coverage of the EU can be sparse, it could become a valuable tool in helping to spread a more objective view of Europe, especially as it bypasses the usual Eurosceptic media outlets.

This is not to ignore the rest of the website, which is just as useful. It has comprehensive coverage of EU news in print and includes profiles of various people involved with the EU. There is also a nifty agenda which provides a detailed list of the work the Parliament, Commission and Council will be getting through over the next few months.

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