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Monday Monday….your honour.
Monday morning in the office like any other. Well, for some. I've been called up for jury service so will not be in for the next week. I wonder if jury service will remind me a bit of making my mind up on a debate? I mean, you listen carefully to both sides of an argument, weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of the cases, and then make a decision. Unfortunately it might be a little more harrowing than the debates we have on Debatewise. I may be shown images which would be censored if they were on wikipedia. But still, as with any debating, it has an important part to play in democracy. I wont be listening to my iPod under my hat , don't worry. I'm hoping it will be an interesting, perhaps even educational, experience, and hopefully not all too unpleasant.But anyway, it does mean that I will be away from Debatewise (oficially anyway, I will undoubtedly check in occaisionally) until 2009! So merry Christmas and Happy New year to everyone. In the tradition of all great new year countdown TV rubbish I will list some of my high points from this year:
1. The Speaker's corner event in October.
Although there were some scary hitches it all went well in the end and a good, and informative, time was had by all
2. The Rapid Response Team.
It's been great setting up and working with such a great team of content writers, and hope we'll be expanding this in the New Year
3. The Pre Budget report
As you can probably tell I really enjyed the coverage of this. I liked being at the forefront of debates as they emerged, and the result was pretty comprehensive coverage on the site and (i'll say it again
) a mention on Sky News! We have a few things in the pipeline for 2009 as well, including a polling team to provide us with stats, and also a competition to WIN A PLACEMENT AT A LAW FIRM. Watch this space and Merry Christmas! Ho Ho ho *exit Santa*
Betony x