A bit of Sunday fun for you all - rapping G' Brown (that's Prime Minister Gordon Brown to us) played by Jon Culshaw.

Silly but hilarious.

Thanks to Ian Mansfield for sharing :)

One for all you local gov (and non-local gov) heads out there, here's a really comprehensive introduction to social media and local government from Ingrid Koehler at the IDeA

Take a look at what's going on in the field and how it is being applied to performance management in government, including the IDeA's on-going Knowledge Hub programme.

Make sure you check out the full blog post from Ingrid which will tell you more.

Great advice to local government from @demsoc as follow up to their talk at the LGIU Social Media Conference last week.

Nice summary of some of the best in hyperlocal websites and public sector information from William Perrin and his Talk about Local initiative.

Thanks to Ken Eastwood for spotting it.

Our friends over at the Sunlight Foundation thought there was something odd about a bill this Halloween. Armed with a camera for a few nights, this is what they saw. Spooky...

(oh and while we're on the subject, check out Sunlight Labs' new Augmented Reality Mashup - big fan, big potential).

"Whether we are arguing about MPs' expenses or assistd suicide, we need to engage with the moral ideals underlying our political debate"
I came across Michael Sandel for the first time yesterday in a great article in the Saturday Guardian. I am drawn to his strong arguments for recognising the central role of morality in politics, something that was once celebrate.... Read More

Interview with Paul at LocalGovCamp Lincoln by Liz Azyan of LGEO Research.

For more (and some background) here's a post by me about the new group.