Internet and the Tory Party.
Today as I was reading the Guardian I noticed an article on the front page about this new David Cameron website, where his minders have decided it would be a good idea to have him talk into a webcam from his home.
Now my knowledge of British politics is not very great; it simply struck me as a very odd, perhaps even progressive thing for a right wing conservative party to do. There is no reason why not of course, and perhaps it will connect with a constituency of computer savvy internet goers. The interesting question for me is whether this will turn out to be a major new avenue of political communication; something slightly more direct and accessible to the public. Does that then have a positive or negative spinoff for the democratic process? Or is it just a new form of vacuous political advertising? All spin and little substance. Here is the link to the Guardian article. |
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i like the way he has apparently chosen the most inconvenient time to record them. hes just an ordinary bloke like the rest of us.
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I like it how he ignores the heartfelt pleas/bleating of his children in order to push his political point on the webcam - but having said that, i've not been a parent so i dont know really how often normal parents do that and continue a conversation with another 'adult' regardless.
Anyway, i dont really see a problem with it. Who was holding the camera though? |
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Sums up David Cameron quite well. [/Economist] |
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hmmm ... is this a politicial spin ...Yes
is this another attempt for the tories to look like New Labour (from 1997) Yes this is the same sort of thing the Labour party used in '97 .. Admittidly technology has moved one, but is the same message coming across Vote for us we'ved changed --- when really what has happened is nothing that big has changed since maggie thatcher came in. |
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Hi I'm David Cameron. You might remember me from such party political broadcasts as 'Why do the rich pay more tax?' and 'Why is my neighbourhood full of black criminals?'...
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bring back the feudal system that's what i say
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IF you had said 'Britain's failure to operate a moral foreign policy means we do not live in a utopia' that would have been a curious argument but at least it would have had substance.
INSTEAD your polemic amounts to 'Britain is a mess of a state that is falling apart because it doesn't do X'. Such emotive language used to clearly exagerate a situation is SPIN. :( |
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To a certain extent it is simply another form of "gimmickry". Indeed this is a form of spin is it not? The 'substance', i.e. the policies are absent from this form of political broadcast, this is certainly not the ideal medium for that sort of thing. Even if it were, the party would probably not want to get into an involved discussion about what it intends to do with all those "pesky negro's cluttering up our welfare system". They would rather obfuscate the issue and dress it up in terms like "Social Responsibility" and "Caring for the environment". All that might lead to the conclusion that this is yet another inherently shit form of political broadcasting, where the 'message' is couched entirely in slogans and catch phrases. Afterall, it is in the politicians interest to feed us this tripe. The Public likes to hear easily digestible 30 second sound bites don't they? If there is a problem here, does it lie with the messenger, the medium, or the recievers (ie the public)? I had hoped that this sort of mediated communication between the politicians and the public via the internet could have positive spinoffs. Some new utopian dream of deliberative democracy and public participation, a bastardised form of the "Public Sphere" if you will. That was a few years ago; these days it seems like a load of idealistic nonsense. It is just another form of advertising gimmickry, you are right, and I suppose I don't care all that much. Just another bright shiney flashy thing to capture the publics attention for a day or two. |
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Their design people are good I'll give em that.
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Anyways I don't see what you're arguing about, it's quite clear to everyone that Jack Johnson's 3 cent titanium tax goes too far. I mean let's face it, your average voter is as drunk and stupid as ever. The only one who's changed is me. I've become bitter, and let's face it, crazy over the years. And once I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat. And I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place! |
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I'm thinking of starting my own political party.
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I was going to write a proper post, but in the end I'm going to settle for this. I thought Cameron trotted out a load of meaningless horseshit yesterday. If that and this website is the future of national political debate god help us.
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Specifically targetting the tories for talking bollocks is a bit unfair. |
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or UKIP? |
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(What would you be for as a non-racist BNP?) |
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But then I realised your point :( Also T&F what do you do now? Why didn't you stay and try and kill Tony Blair after forcing him to sign a document making you prime minister, or something like that? |
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