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 the first weblog by a British Conservative MP (Boris Johnson).
In 2002, he ran a successful 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 ironically-titled 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.
In December 2005 he successfully 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][5]
Ireland has created a number of blogs devoted to attacking right-wing figures. Targets have included Anne Milton, his local Conservative MP, and Guido Fawkes, libertarian blogger, while on his blog he has also attacked Conservative parliamentary candidate and blogger Iain Dale.
In September 2007, Mr. Ireland's blog was taken down following legal threats to his ISP from the law firm Schillings under instruction from Alisher Usmanov.
[edit] References
- ^ Kotadia, Munir (2003-08-21). Prime minister gets email - but don't expect a reply. ZDNet UK. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ Mobile users told to 'chase Bush'. BBC News (2003-11-18). Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ Matthews, Jenny (2005-04-08). The tactics of tactical voting. BBC News. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ Morris, Nigel (2005-12-22). Carol singers test ban on protests near Parliament. The (London) Independent. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ Singers defy Parliament demo ban. BBC News (2005-12-21). Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
