[Imc-uk-features] Feature proposal: Tweedle Brown

[jagmad at riseup.net]

I've got some choice video of tent searching and Steve's arrest, etc.,
which I shall be working on straight away.

Doug.


On Wed, June 27, 2007 3:50 am, Ben wrote:
> I'm not very keen on this feature going up, at least not yet.
>
>
> My first reason is fairly selfish - I'd like the gm feature to stay
> at the top longer in the hope that more people will become aware of the
> action on sunday.
>
> My second reason is that I think it might be better suited for London
> and Manchester features rather than UK.
>
> Indymedia isn't normally associated with following the in's and out's
> of party politics and a front page feature basically about one celebrity
> politician making way for another doesn't seem quite right to me.
>
> The manchester march didn't exactly get many reports in the wire,
> mostly just whinging about lack of coverage in the mainstream media and the
> usual moans about the STWC and A to B marching. Hardly quality indymedia
> reporting.
>
> Likewise, although there are quite a few posts about the peace camp,
> there hasn't really been much to say at this stage and perhaps that might
> change or better reports come out.
>
> The SOCPA angle is very much a london thing and there will no doubt
> be a lot more to say on the issue in a week or two as additional court
> dates come up and the intentions of Brown on repealing the restrictions
> becomes clearer.
>
> All in all, I don't see an urgency to cover all that as a UK feature.
>
>
> ben
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