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”’Excalibur”’ was a [[database]] used by the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] for campaigning. It was created as a [[Rebuttal (policy debate)|rapid rebuttal]] tool.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite news |last=Travis |first=Alan |last2=White |first2=Michael |date=2000-01-08 |title=Civil servants demand safeguards on Labour’s electronic database |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/jan/08/labour.labour1997to99 |access-date=2026-02-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Said to have cost £300,000, it was used during the [[1997 general election (UK)|1997 general election campaign]].<ref name=”:0″ /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Robins |first=Jane |title=Westminster on speed |url=https://dlv.prospect.gcpp.io/essays/55285/westminster-on-speed |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=prospectmagazine.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=House of Commons – Public Administration – Sixth Report |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmpubadm/770/77020.htm |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref> |
”’Excalibur”’ was a [[database]] used by the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] for campaigning. It was created as a [[Rebuttal (policy debate)|rapid rebuttal]] tool.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite news |last=Travis |first=Alan |last2=White |first2=Michael |date=2000-01-08 |title=Civil servants demand safeguards on Labour’s electronic database |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/jan/08/labour.labour1997to99 |access-date=2026-02-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Said to have cost £300,000, it was used during the [[1997 general election (UK)|1997 general election campaign]].<ref name=”:0″ /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Robins |first=Jane |title=Westminster on speed |url=https://dlv.prospect.gcpp.io/essays/55285/westminster-on-speed |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=prospectmagazine.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=House of Commons – Public Administration – Sixth Report |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmpubadm/770/77020.htm |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref> |
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It contained information on party and opposition policies, party members, opponents and journalists.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-08-23 |title=The towering infernal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2211816.stm |access-date=2026-02-05 |language=en-GB|website=BBC News|first=Nick|last=Assinder}}</ref> |
It contained information on party and opposition policies, party members, opponents and journalists.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-08-23 |title=The towering infernal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2211816.stm |access-date=2026-02-05 |language=en-GB|website=BBC News|first=Nick|last=Assinder}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:04, 5 February 2026
Database used by the British Labour Party
Excalibur was a database used by the British Labour Party for campaigning. It was created as a rapid rebuttal tool.[1] Said to have cost £300,000, and to have cost £250,00 per year to run, it was used during the 1997 general election campaign.[1][2][3]
It contained information on party and opposition policies, party members, opponents and journalists.[1][4]
A 1999 government initiative, the Knowledge Network Project, was criticised for being too close to Excalibur in concept, with the worry that it could be used for party political purposes.[5][6]
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