22 January 2009 | Author: O. Gaywood Media Optimiser

Labour set up social networking site

Buoyed on by the success of Barack Obama's online campaign - where the president-to-be embraced the likes of Twitter in the run up to the elections to great success - the UK Labour party has launched its own social networking site.

LabourSpace allows users - who don't necessarily need to be Labour supporters, the sign up option allows people to show their allegiance to the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats or 'other' - to create campaigns that they want brought to the attention of Labour politicians.

Users are invited to start campaigns on subjects they feel strongly about - current popular topics include lowering the voting age, renationalising railways and reducing university fees - and then others can comment on an idea and publicly show their support or their opposition to the idea.

Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, said: ""LabourSpace is the Labour Party's campaign social networking site. I hope it will provide a unique home for organisations and people to host and promote their campaigns - and to bring their ideas to the attention of Labour ministers and the wider party.

"The idea behind Labourspace.com is really simple. You get your own webpage within the Labourspace network where you can tell us why you think Labour should be implementing your campaign ideas.

"I will be regularly checking out the site which I expect will become a lively forum for discussion and debate. I hope people will use it to let us know what their priorities are for a better, fairer Britain under Labour in the future."

This latest social networking site has been launched in the same week as another new Labour site, Labour List, hit the internet. Labour List, started by Derek Draper - the former New Labour insider and lobbyist, is a site for Labour supporters to debate and discuss the goings on in their party.

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