Entries from April 2009 ↓

Jeff Jarvis reckons Google’s Eric Schmidt will bottle his speech to the NAA today. He’s written the speech that the NAA should hear.

It will be interesting to hear what Mr Schmidt actually says. There’s no doubt he’ll get a hard time for providing news aggregation to the masses. Jeff Jarvis is having none of it though in his hard-hitting piece.

A friend sent me the You Tube video below. To do something you love; to do it to the best of your ability – that must be the ultimate joy. Well done R.Jaybird.Smith

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MNApWrx2Y&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tom-watson.co.uk%2F&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

When a Daniel Hannan, Conservative candidate for the European Parliament called the NHS a mistake it was bound to cause offence. It also reminds us just what kind of people sit behind David Cameron in the Conservative Party.

Now John Prescott has intervened in the debate. He’s calling on David Cameron to back of sack Daniel Hannan.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdFvYXLj0oc[/youtube]

My bet is that David Cameron will only respond if the traditional media pick up the story. It has been quite useful for the Tories to get an arms-length removed politician bashing Labour on USA blogs and talk shows. Tory bloggers have managed to hook up with their right wing counterparts in the USA in a way that Labour bloggers have not yet managed with their friends from the Democrats. It ensured that the Republican leaning talk shows could interview Hannan as the new internet sensation from Europe. And now he is arguably the voice of the British Conservatives in the USA, perhaps even more so than Mr Cameron himself.

The trouble for Mr Cameron is that Hannan has now gone over the top. He’s savaged the NHS – a key dividing line between Labour and the Conservatives. And very few people in the UK would want to adopt and American style market system for health care.

John Prescott’s intervention might just force Mr Cameron to comment on Hannan’s views. And if he distances himself, those Republican bloggers will not be happy.