Prime Minister’s Online Questions
Gordon Brown has launched a new gimmick initiative - and an online one at that!
Politicians get a chance in prime ministers question time and other question times - I think it’s time the public had a chance.
We have until June 21st to submit questions. So we should all get on our webcams and submit questions to Gordo. When [and if] they will be answered, however, is not detailed. This apparently going to be a “regular event” - but how often? Once a week? Once a month? Once a quarter? Currently the details are so vague that there is nothing there to hold Brown to,
But, the thing is, which questions will he answer? The site says that he will respons to “the most popular questions submitted by the YouTube community.” But how is that to be measured? There doesn’t appear to be any voting mechanism on the “View” feature, and the videos there are shown by random. There’s also the question of whether a review/censorship procedure is in place as well…
However, this is quite a good idea. It’s different, even if a bit of a WebCameron-esque. Though WebCameron doesn’t have that questions facility any more [or most of the other interactive tools it used to]. Probably because people ask awkward questions, and online, you can’t avoid answering them - something which Gordo will soon realise. People get vitirolic online in a way they wouldn’t in person, and Gordo may well soon experience that.
Let’s make sure that we all ask the PM a question or five. And maybe we’ll get some answers. Though somehow I doubt it.
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Dear Gordon,
Do you ever smile?
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