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                              <p>The Centre for Policy Studies hosted a discussion seminar with the Daily Telegraph in Westminster&nbsp;yesterday on the the impact of&nbsp;the Internet on politics and the policy-making process.&nbsp;We heard from CPS author Robert Colvile, the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, the founder of <a href="http://www.mysociety.org/" target="_blank">mySociety </a>Tom Steinberg and Telegraph journalist Iain Martin. </p><p>You can listen to a recording of the speeches in the 'What's New' section and there is more coverage of the event from CPS Director <a href="http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2008/04/open-source-pol.html" target="_blank">Jill Kirby</a>&nbsp;and also on the Daily Telegraph's blog <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/politics/threelinewhip/march2008/internetpolitics.htm" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/politics/brassneck/mar08/riseoftheiwonks.htm" target="_blank">here</a></p>
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