How predictable is this story in today’s Gruaniad in which we learn, thanks to FOI, the extent of the Dirty Digger’s lobby power and influence over the government.

As if the greedy neo-con doesn’t own enough newspapers, TV stations and the whole of Sky, he also wants Channel 5.

In another example of a lack of joined up thinking by the government, they don’t seem to understand that giving this amount of power to one media tycoon debases any notion of democracy be it e-democracy or not.

No matter how many e-democracy pilots are run, it seems like the real power and access to power lies a long way away from voting kiosks or postal ballots.