Birch said: “Politics online simply has not been done well yet. There are lots of political discussion forums, but they never lead to any full conclusions or consensuses. It’s just a lot of people spouting their opinions with no constructive debate. Jolitics is about empowering those who are following an issue really well to help form opinion and fuel debate. And if they don’t do a good job, people can take their nominations away from them and they loose influence. It’s a real incentive to look after people’s interests.”