Cameron takes on the web
Watch Cameron clean the dishes promise to clean up politics with the usual cries of “we need small government, fewer MPs, to save money, more porridge for the masses etc” on his new blog - webcameron.
The spin doctors have gone with the “keeping it real” breakfast complete with screaming kids.
I bet the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 are really scared by Cameron news!
Updated!- Looks like everyone wants a bit of WebCameron. The servers have been crashing all weekend.
October 2nd, 2006 at 3:34 pm
I’m not surprised by the amount of coverage this story has so far got but am surprised by the popularity of it already. Many viewers may still be at the curious stage at the moment (many of them, no doubt, hoping to find a real mess) and it will be interesting to see whether Cameron can sustain this level of interest. The lack of young voters are an issue for the government and techniques like this could go some way to encouraging them to vote.
October 3rd, 2006 at 9:19 pm
[...] This week has seen the launch of WebCameron and Recess Monkey reported that Guido* was going to start doing it too. We already know that Iain Dale et al are doing 18 Doughty Street. But where are the lefty vid bloggers?? Will they be playing catchup? We over at Voxpolis are divided over the impact of video on line- Jonny thinks that no person will want to watch it on the move like they listen to podcasts, and if they did then they will fall over/ walk into lamp posts/ crash their cars whilst watching. He’s also not too convinced that politics will work well in this format. I think it has potential. Apple certainly think its the future. The Right think it’ll catch on. Will Jonny eat his TV remote if he’s wrong? [...]