I see that Gordon Brown, our Prime Minister is taking an interest in Web 2.0 technologies.
Here on the Downing Street Channel he's posted a video, launching a sort of Prime Minister's Question Time on the Internet.
Members of the public can leave a question for Gordon, between 30 seconds and 1 minute long with "no party political content"!
Submissions must be made by June 21st.
We are invited to "come back soon to vote on your favourites". Then having considered the "wisdom of the masses"
Gordon will answer the top voted questions on YouTube sometime towards the end of June.
It's not exactly what you could call instant interactivity, but it's a start.
I think it's quite an interesting and brave experiment.
Looking at the video on YouTube, away from the Downing Street Channel I see that Gordon's introduction has been viewed 13,230 times. That's not bad for a 40 second video clip that was posted barely three days ago.
I also notice that the channel has 3,725 subscribers, while webcameronuk has 846 subscribers.
As you might expect mainstream media has picked up on the story, here, here and here.
Apparently several thousand people have already submitted questions.
PS Gordon already has a presence on YouTube. You can sing along here.
Here on the Downing Street Channel he's posted a video, launching a sort of Prime Minister's Question Time on the Internet.
Members of the public can leave a question for Gordon, between 30 seconds and 1 minute long with "no party political content"!
Submissions must be made by June 21st.
We are invited to "come back soon to vote on your favourites". Then having considered the "wisdom of the masses"
Gordon will answer the top voted questions on YouTube sometime towards the end of June.
It's not exactly what you could call instant interactivity, but it's a start.
I think it's quite an interesting and brave experiment.
Looking at the video on YouTube, away from the Downing Street Channel I see that Gordon's introduction has been viewed 13,230 times. That's not bad for a 40 second video clip that was posted barely three days ago.
I also notice that the channel has 3,725 subscribers, while webcameronuk has 846 subscribers.
As you might expect mainstream media has picked up on the story, here, here and here.
Apparently several thousand people have already submitted questions.
PS Gordon already has a presence on YouTube. You can sing along here.
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