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

[Ben]

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