- Tim Ireland
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,cite web| last = Kotadia| first = Munir| title = Prime minister gets email - but don't expect a reply| publisher = ZDNet UK| date = 2003-08-21| url = http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39115854,00.htm| accessdate = 2006-12-13 ] and in 2003 he launched a moderatedmoblog entitled 'Chasing Bush' that was designed to trackGeorge W. Bush during his visit to theUnited Kingdom .cite web| title = Mobile users told to 'chase Bush'| publisher = BBC News| date = 2003-11-18| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3280611.stm| accessdate = 2006-12-13 ]In February 2005 he launched the ironically-titled tactical voting website [http://www.backingblair.co.uk Backing Blair] , which asked voters in the 2005 general electioncite web| last = Matthews| first = Jenny| title = The tactics of tactical voting| publisher = BBC News| date = 2005-04-08| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4421237.stm| accessdate = 2006-12-13 ] (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) inParliament Square .cite web| last = Morris| first = Nigel| title = Carol singers test ban on protests near Parliament| publisher = The (London) Independent| date = 2005-12-22| url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20051222/ai_n15943655| accessdate = 2006-12-13 ] cite web| title = Singers defy Parliament demo ban| publisher = BBC News| date = 2005-12-21| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4545704.stm| accessdate = 2006-12-13 ]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 bloggerIain 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 .References
External links
* [http://www.bloggerheads.com/ Bloggerheads]
* [http://www.backingblair.co.uk/ Backing Blair]
* [http://b-heads.blogspot.com/ Bloggerheads: The Alisher Usmanov Affair]
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