I took part in an LBC radio debate this morning about Gordon Brown’s YouTube initiative with Nick Ferrari, radio’s equivalent to a morning Bloody Mary. A LBC reporter has sent in her own question via video phone – was Blair right to think you have no chance against David Cameron? It won’t get past the censors, of course – party political content. So far 20 videos have, and I surveyed them this morning. Some literally start with Young People thanking the Dear Leader for “this brilliant opportunity” to question him on YouTube with all the authenticity of a backbencher reading a planted question at PMQs. None were about tax or immigration, the two top subjects in Britain today – but almost all were from under-35s, so perhaps this explains it. So Ferrari invited his listeners to submit real questions, and it was more like it. “Why don’t you cut taxes to stimulate the economy?” “Why do we have two Scottish governments” “Why did Blair give £7bn of our rebate away to Europe”, “Do you wear boxers or a thong?”.
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