Tim Ireland
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Tim Ireland is an online marketing consultant and activist who operates the website Bloggerheads.com
Ireland produced the first weblog by a British Labour Member of Parliament (Tom Watson) and Conservative MP (Boris Johnson).[citation needed]
In 2002, he ran a year-long campaign to make UK Prime Minister Tony Blair more accessible via email,[1] and in 2003 he launched a moderated moblog entitled 'Chasing Bush' that was designed to track George W. Bush during his visit to the United Kingdom.[2]
In February 2005 he launched the tactical voting website Backing Blair, which asked voters in the 2005 general election[3] (and again in the 2006 local elections) to use their vote in the way that would be most damaging to Tony Blair.[citation needed]
In December 2005 he defied section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 by staging a spontaneous demonstration (in the form of a carol service) in Parliament Square.[4]
Ireland has created a number of blogs devoted to attacking right-wing figures.[citation needed] Targets have included Anne Milton, his local Conservative MP, Guido Fawkes, a libertarian blogger[citation needed], and the Conservative Party supporting blogger Iain Dale.
[edit] References
- ^ Kotadia, Munir (2003-08-21). "Prime minister gets email - but don't expect a reply". ZDNet UK. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39115854,00.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
- ^ "Mobile users told to 'chase Bush'". BBC News. 2003-11-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3280611.stm. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
- ^ Matthews, Jenny (2005-04-08). "The tactics of tactical voting". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4421237.stm. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
- ^ Morris, Nigel (2005-12-22). "Carol singers test ban on protests near Parliament". The (London) Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/carol-singers-provide-chorus-of-disapproval-at-parliament-520386.html. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
