As unbelievable as it may sound, the British "libertarian" party UKIP has set up an office in the virtual world Second Life.
It just goes to show that while David Cameron is abusing the online community with his fake, scripted 'webcameron' posts, UKIP, as you would expect is rolling up its sleeves and engaging directly with the online community.
explains the (er, confrontational...) blurb on their blog.
The move, by a member of the "unofficial support group" UKIPHome, isn't exactly as groundbreaking as it may sound. Their affiliation with the party is like a fan club is to a film franchise. However, it suggests that public action groups are interested in metaverses and, as the press release says, it recognises "the need for small political parties to innovate in order to compete with the budgets of the big three political parties."
In other virtual world political news, three Dutch elected officals are planning a visit to Second Life on Friday to drum up support for the country's elections on 22 November.
All of this via the superb NWN.
