Can’t wait for the first issue 
The Economists’ Voice sounds like it will be a very good thing indeed: “The aim will be to provide an economist’s argument and point of view on some salient and interesting issue: a survey of something interesting happening in the economy, or a call for some change in policy or institutions–which would consist of a review of what the principal important factors are, what the objective function is, what the constraints are, why the objective function is maximized at the particular set of policies or institutional arrangements that the author prefers.”
One small thing: I’m pretty sure Bepress stands for Berkeley Electronic Press, not Berkeley Economics Press.
The think tank Demos has a reputation for defying conventional wisdom. But this may be going too far.
Pioneering politician blogger Tom Watson became an assistant government whip in yesterday’s government reshuffle. I hope that doesn’t explain why he’s been silent for a few days. By tradition, whips work in the shadows, so we’ll see how Tom continues his blogging.
Update: The Guardian parodies what Tom’s weblog might begin to look like. Tom, on the other hand, reckons things will be okay.