Press Coverage of EqualityBill.com

Here is a selection of our press coverage from the first few days since our launch:

The Guardian: “Sign up to the Equality Debate”

“Harriet Harman’s landmark bill will only be effective if we have the widest possible public consultation on its detailed provisions”

Pink Paper: “Peer Creates Campaign Equality Site”

“A new website launched today by openly-gay peer Lord Waheed Ali aims to promote the Equality Bill by galvanizing the consensus of the queer community. In doing so, visitors of equalitybill.com will be more effectively able to lobby their MPs about the forthcoming Equality Bill by communicating directly with them. In turn, Lord Ali will present these opinions to the House of Lords later in the year when the Bill is brought up. ”

LGF Online: “Gay Equality? What needs to be done?”

“Don’t let the Damien McBride / Derek Draper online smear fiasco put you off online campaigning, Lord Alli’s website encourages all people to get involved and create change.

The website, EqualityBill.com, enables you to directly lobby your MPs and share your experiences of life in the LGBT community. Lord Alli spoke exclusively to LGF online, to give us a low down on The Equality Bill and what difference it will make to LGBT everyday lives.”

LabourList: “Why I’m setting up a campaign website”

“The Equality Bill that Harriet Harman is introducing to the Commons within the next few weeks will be a landmark piece of legislation. This is not because of any new rights it enshrines, or any old injustice that it overturns - though it will do both of those. It will be a landmark because it will finally unify all of the disparate laws that have accumulated over the last fifty years in the ongoing struggle for justice and equality.”

LabourList: “Why Online campaigning needs to be part of the legislative process”

“When Tim Montgomerie was developing the idea for ConservativeHome, he considered postponing the launch date until the Conservative Leadership Election was under way. The logic was that the site would only become an effective forum for debate if there were actually a serious debate going on within the party at the time.

Four years later, similar discussions have been taking place as the Labour Party looks at ways of improving its online operation. But I think the question for us is not about debate (important though it is) but about whether or not we have clear objectives. What do we want to achieve by improving our online campaigns?”