Last week the BBC quietly launched a new service called Democracy Live. It includes live and archived feeds from Parliament, the Lords, Select Committees, European Parliament and many more, as well as the ability to look up your local MP and MEP.

I had a demonstration of the site at Conservative Spring Forum earlier this year and was very impressed. At first glance it looks like just a set of video feeds amalgamating what is going on in various political locations. However the power is in it’s voice-to-text search engine, enabling you to search for what was spoken rather than having to sit through hours of video to find the bit you want.

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