Diplomatic Bag 2 — Skype gets political
By
Peter Parkes on March 26, 2007 in Skype around the world, Skype in the news.
News from the Republic of Ireland: Suzy Byrne teasingly points out that [Fianna Fáil now have a Skype name](http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=130) ([fiannafailhq](skype:fiannafailhq?call)) — does this mean that they’ll roll it out across the nation if they’re re-elected?
Perhaps this is where Skype could make inroads into the public sector; while government departments are no doubt tied in to long term IT contracts, the politicians who run them have much more freedom.
Maybe our representatives in Westminster, Holyrood, Cardiff and Stormont could be persuaded to follow [Fianna Fáil](http://www.fiannafail.ie/)’s lead — to be honest, it’d be better if each representative had a Skype name, but one’s a good start 
Does your MP, MSP or AM have a Skype name?
Comments
Hey Peter,
I failed to comment in my post about the poor broadband infrastructure in Ireland and appalling regulation of the telecommunication sector which makes the creation of a Skype account by Fianna Fail even more ironic...that and many other things will be electoral issues this side of the water in the weeks to come.
suzy.byrne | Monday, Mar 26