Downing Street Still Not Listening
There was a lot of talk when David Muir was appointed from WPP that he would turn the Prime Mentalist into a digital leader superior to WebCameron. Advertising "guru" Muir even wrote a paean to the power of YouTube in his WPP days. The YouTube "Ask the PM" initiative was presumably his idea - dozens of people have asked the PM, with no answers despite them being promised and now well overdue. Things actually seem to be getting worse on the digital front. If you are unable to get an answer from Downing Street's YouTube channel emailing the Prime Minister should be easy - that was set up during Blair's time. Alas, for weeks now Gordon's public email has been out of order:
This service has been temporarily suspended for maintenance work. Don't worry, we are still accepting faxes and letters, and you can still let us know your opinions via an epetition or on our new Twitter service.Maintenence work for email? Eh? Basically Downing Street, digitally speaking, is in broadcast-only mode. They can send you messages, but you can't tell them anything. A metaphor for the bigger picture...
We apologise for any inconvenience caused. We hope to be back up and running in a few days.
23 June 2008
74 comments:
What a useless twat.
As an interim measure they should put up Gordon's Hotmail address.
What's he laughing at here?
Gordon's flickr snaps
"They can send you messages, but you can't tell them anything. A metaphor for the bigger picture...".
Hmmm.
And they can delete them of course...
Could anyone tell me where Gordon (Jonah) Brown is?
I only ask as there has been an earthquake in Japan.
Is Harriet Harperson doing PMQ's tomorrow?
"our new Twitter service" rather apt for our PM
Brown really is a joke, isn't he? He tells us all he stays up all night working and hardly ever sleeps - but where is the fucking output? He never does anything! With all this time spent working you would think he could delegate a few people to provide pat answers to those emailed questions. He is a total and absolute waste of space. He's like one of those tossers at work that goes around telling you how busy he is when really he's got nothing to do at all and is just idling away the time until retirement.
Phew - what a photo of teh Snot Gobbler Guido! He is clearly in his "Come hither little chidlren, Uncle Gordon has got a sweetie for you!" mode.
If that tway is not CRB checked he is going nowhere near my kids.
And who's money are they spending advertising this stuff on Youtube ?
FACT: Snot Gobbler went to a school in Greenwich last week.
The school band played on one side of the playground to entice the kids away from him.
Consequently and by design, he only met hand-picked kids and there was no spontaneous interaction. In other words, he is even scared of kids now...
Sounds like Hotel California. Why the hell are they wasting time on Twitter, it's down even more often than the Prime Minister's poll ratings.
brown's toast.
with lashings of bullshit on top.
Mr Hash 'Trivia' Broon is too busy dreaming up killer soundbites about plastic bags and mouldy food to get his email fixed. Someone please call a vet to put him out of his (and our) misery please?
Bet all the questions are were of the 'Why don't you fuck off now?'. They're clearly not going to publish those.
You just could not make it up , he is such a useless twat.
OT : TT when did you morph into 4 bikini clad lovelies . More pertinent , when mad hattie harperson becomes PM, that sexist immage will almost certainly qualify you for an nhs scrotum reduction procedure, along with all the bnp ( former labour supporter) types.
Is Bradford and Bingley going bust?
Bradford & Bingley shares tumble again
The group's stock plunged more than 22pc to just 32.5p in early trading this morning. The slide follows a wave of investor concerns yesterday, after Pali International, a stockbroker, cut its target price for the bank to "zero" and calculated B&B's "net present value" to be -14p. In a separate note, banking specialist Fox-Pitt, Kelton said: "We cannot rule out the possibility of an effective failure with shareholders receiving little or nothing for their shares."
Will it be joing northern rock as the next state piggy bank or will Gordon let it fail?
Soon all means of communication to der bunker will be cut off.
Anyone got a couple spare jerrycans of petrol?
It's coz he keeps on opening up the Viagra/enlarge penis emails and infecting the system with viruses. Doh!!
You've got to cut them some slack here.
Can't be easy working your way through 92000* odd vids all showing very angry people sitting at computer screens yelling "Why don't you fuck off & die?"
*Rumour has it, there was one 3 1/2 minute take of an adolescent male wanking but this is believed to be a submission to a gay dating site posted in error. Gordon has insisted on replying personally.
you speak as though that is unusual...here you can email comments, ideas, etc...however it puts you on a watch list and they then begin tapping everything you do...free speech and all that...
"As an interim measure they should put up Gordon's Hotmail address."
(Tuscan Tony)
Err - Snotmail address, surely ?
the Dear Leader is representing our glorious nation at the G8 Meeting in Japan and hasnt got time to answer you mortals
Feel comfort in the knowledge Harriet's in charge while he's away and presumably all white males will be rounded up and executed just after eastenders has finished then
Tony
A "Hot male" account would be more to the taste of the potato peeling eater of Kircaldie
Tony
A "Hot male" account would be more to the taste of the potato peeling eater of Kircaldie
Technology is the last refuge of the a scoundrel.
As soon as politicians start spouting on about the panacea of technology I know they're just full of wind and piss.
They don't want to make REAL HARD DECISIONS and use technology as some sort of magic wand.
Remember Tony Blair's "A computer at every desk" speech on how he was going to revolutionise education ? (Before he was elected PM)
Anon at 10:44
Guido can do what he likes here - its all his.
Its popularity is entirely in the hands of his readers.
He knows that; we know that (well all of us except you apparantly).
Whereas the PM is *responsible* to us; the PM has *promised* that he will listen; the PM blah blah zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Is anybody surprised he's not listening?
Most of the messages probably end with
"...and leave the door keys!"
"let us know your opinions ... on our new Twitter service"
Shouldn't this be tagged 'Twatter-watch'?
daisy,
oooh, I'm so scared!
don't be silly, the secret services and police have got their hands full at the moment.
go easy on that skunk, it's turning you into a paranoid motherfucker.
yours etc.
To all hard working families of Britarn.
Eat your own shit, it hasnae done me any harm...Ha ha haha ha ha...
...and don't fucking forget to turn out the lights you useless wastrel fucker!
Hello?
Looks like Dave has just alienated 95% of the British public
Good for him
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4290298.ece
But you don't get all the big stories do you Guido...Sky has a major scoop on the Boulton blog suggesting that Nadine Dorries - Tory MP for Mid-Bedfordshire - only went into politics for the food....
Fucking shock, horror....
Let Bradford and Bingley go under.
Hard but necessary.
Anon at 11:05.
You use semi-colons yet can't spell 'apparently'?
Never mind that though...
Yes, Guido can do what he likes. He drove a car while drunk because he liked to. But that doesn't mean that he was right, eh? And how can it be "all his" when his popularity "is entirely in the hands of his readers"?
Sorry, but Guido is making public, hypocritical comments that I feel the need to balance. Because we all do what we want, eh? We all have responsibility. Guido doesn't realise this...
When has any, idealistic know-it-all socialist leader, bothered to listen to the people, or for that matter ever bothered to ask, unless knowing the answer in advance.
To my mind Gordo needs to follow the Ceacescu model, prior to being exterminated by a public spirited type ot two.
"Independant" Bank of England Decision tree
Does Braford or Bingley vote Labour?
YES: Spend as much taxpayers money as you like.
NO: Write speech about terrible effects of capitalism.
Obviously a throwback to Gordon's little problem with "autofill" on his E Mail when he inadvertantly e mailed "Mrs Murdoch" instead of Wendy Alexander. He's obviously also knackered the Downing Street Web Server at the same time
Anonymous 10.40
Do you want them in order: -
First - Bradford & Bingley
Second - Alliance & Leicester
Third - HBOS (Halifax/Bank of Scotland)
There are others but we've got a bit of time before they get promoted. Congratulations, B&B first place on the ladder!
oh sorry "thick as thieves" thought people here could take a joke...you MUST be american...
This is a dire. This was in an article that was briefly in the Scotsman this morning but has now disappeared.
Simon Kirby, research fellow at the NIESR, said Mr Darling was having to deal with past errors by his predecessor, Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
He reportedly said: "The public finances are in this state due to overly optimistic forecasts for tax receipts allowing the previous chancellor to go on an exuberant spending spree: since 2000-01, total public sector expenditure has grown by an average of 6.9% per annum.
"The 'golden rule' of only borrowing to invest over the economic cycle will probably be broken in the absence of tax increases or spending cuts."
Fucking Scotch Twat. We are now totally fucked. If B&B does an NR there is no rescue option. The whole fucking country is going to be fucked.
"Public accounts commitee propose to clamp down on benifit cheats."
Er, didn't some of them vote to keep their expenses unaudited? These fine fellows looking after the taxpayer, I must be wrong.
This is what we get when we allow people with no experience of proper jobs to become PM. In the real world you have deadlines, you lose clients/contacts if your email's down, you get a replacement up straight away, then you change supplier, etc etc. Gordon Brown couldn't organise the simplest weekend away for his mates - no wonder the whole government seems so inept, creaking and incompetent.
Fror Gordin the service should be called Twatter.
There system has been overloaded with comments such as "FUCKOFF AND DIE YOU CUNT"
But what would one actually write in any email to Brown???????????
Twitter?
Twatter.
Simon Kirby, research fellow at the NIESR, said Mr Darling was having to deal with past errors by his predecessor, Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Heresy! The Prime Minister made no errors, Mr Darling never said that, and he definitely never said it to Simon Kirby, who is even now researching the structural integrity of the concrete poured in to a motorway flyover bridge support. What on earth would he know about economics.
Twitter?
Titter Ye not over these Batty stories.
If the email ain't working we'd better switch our phones off, don't want Gordo getting me up in the mornings!
It's called OCO - Outgoing calls only
Has anyone seen this? - Unbelievable!!
Says a lot about Broon's Britain
No rescue for B&B from Gordon Brown!
You see they made the unforgivable error of not buying into NuLabour or buying off the NuLabour commissars or funding some whacko socialist 'think wank'!
Didnt he say after the local elections that he would be listening to the views of voters. As he has barricaded himself in Downing Street, and his only outings are to the G8 or Saudi, how does he get to listen to us? He never visits the By-Elections so just where does he meet Joe Public?
All his other visits are so choreographed he cant have a clue what we really think!
Nu Labour isnt Listening, It isnt working either
Seeing that hideous gargoyle Harman plastered double life size all over my screen nearly threw me into a fit of apoplexy.
As some other card mentioned and I thought, it would be much better as a target.
Please feel free to pop over and see it, pinch, print and start shooting.
'Downing Street Still Not Listening'
When have those bastards listened to anything other than the sounds of cash registers going 'ting' as they fill their pockets with cash for policy i.e. Ecclestone?
I see lord snooty Eton `Dave` has declared war on the poor, blaming those who have the smallest stake and influence on society for all it's ills.
Polititians never played a part did they Dave?
Until you bring in an truly equal opportunity education system based on merit and ability and not privilege then don't come sanctimoniously preaching your upper class hatred of the poor who have seen their once Stable and pround, hardworking societies with strong family bonds turned into fragmented third world slums of PC madness and oppression before their very eyes and while they scratch about for the ever decreasing resoures, you the snouts chase the money in westminister and the EUSSR no matter what the consiquence - death, misery, war, nothing will stop you from gaining your place on that EUSSR gravy train.
Ride that wave in the polls oily Tory Dave for it won't last long with you in charge, you are even worse than that bastard Gordon.
What's more the country knows it, but are just praying it aint so.
They in truth are not supporting you, No one likes you Dave. It's anyone but Gordon and should it turn out to be David Davis then that would be a day of celebration in this country.
Only then would i support the tories once all the EU puppets were purged. I am looking forward to your lightning fast downfall Dave. You are everything that the people hate about the tories thinly disguised by a botox mask that has slipped.
"SPAM, SPAM, that's all I get these sodding days" said the PM "Do I want more Viagra, FFS there's only so much fucking up I can do each week" he continued. "There's this Nigerian who keeps contacting me, thats seems a worthy cause, I think I'll invite him and his poor family and friends over" said Gordy, sensing that this will be a popular thing to initiate,"And whilst I'm at it, this business of Bradford and Bingley, why don't they just give themselves a loan? Morons the lot of 'em" he was bang on form now, the second wind that he'd been banking on made itself know, Ppppaaarrrrrppppppp" Fucking hell,Sarah keeps telling me to cut it out, still the skid marks will at least be a true brown, bitch" he scoffed. "I'm gonna recomment that I get the forth plinth in Trafalar Square, if that geezer with 1 eye and 1 arm can get a perch, well clearly I'm in better shape than him, so I don't see why not...."
tat.
Oh good,you've wasted another two minutes of your sad, squalid life by bothering to have a pop.
Actually, she's a democrat.
Go spin tosser.
i am enjoying you this morning tattyfilarious :)
And I thought Socialism meant never having to say you're sorry?
@botox dave said...
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I see lord snooty Eton `Dave` has declared war on the poor, blaming those who have the smallest stake and influence on society for all it's ill
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No he didn't. He noted that people need to take responsibility for themselves. E.G - the 95% or so of obese people who are obese simply because they are fucking couch potatoes eating junk food. And I agree - why the fuck should I pay for them to have special beds and hoists to be imported from the States for them (which is what is happening). Why the fuck should I pay for people who get lung cancer because they smoke?
Clearly you are not familiar with the concept of "personal responsibility"?
Old Holborn @ 11:14 let’s not forget that Dave is just another fucking useless twat, he only looks good because his only opposition is the even more fucking useless Jonah Brown. Things will not change by replacing a useless cunt with another useless cunt ,, the whole political system needs a proper overhaul, where they actually become responsible to the electorate throughout the term of office and not just every four or so years, where promises are made and broken while the electorate are fixated on east enders and big brother.
"Why the fuck should I pay for people who get lung cancer because they smoke? "
You don't. The average smoker pays an extra £1000 a year in tax. Smokers tend to have lower costs on the state than non-smokers, since lung cancer tends to hit otherwise healthy people late in life but before retirment and once affected the sufferer is usually dead within 6 months with no treatment available other than an oxygen bottle. We need to encourage more people to smoke to reduce the pressure on state pensions and reduce the waiting lists for hip replacement surgery whilst increasing the tax take.
Can someone pelase start deleting that juvenile delinquent Thick Thieves? I swear he's now making up people he can start a fight with.
If you think that coconut Obama is going to become prez you need your head-read Thick Ass. Fact is that the Democraps stitched themselves up with a choice between some mad harridan bitch and a Malcolm X supporter. Strikes me they didn't want to win the next election and have left the field wide open for the Republicans to take yet another bite of the cherry.
Guido,
obama is going to win, whether you like it or not.
I can't believe you deleted my posts but didn't delete the spastics ones.
shame on you.
Try to restrict yourself to one comment per post. Save up all your wit and put it in that single post.
@ Guido
Wit?
Gordo looks about 100 in that picture. I'm sure the Queen's got a telegram ready for him!
The next item I wish to see about Gordon would end '...killing 8 members of his cabinet, before turning the gun on himself'
tat.
Ooh, you are techy!
daisy, at this point in the game it's best just to ignore the old duffer else he'll just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on......zzzzzz.
Even Guido's had enough.
If you leave him alone now, he'll probably go and empty his colostomy bag over next doors cat. It's the only thing that makes him smile these days.
Tat - there is abosutely no fucking chance of Obamalamadingdong
becoming POTUS. All the people who answer the polls put on their best all-American muticulti inclusionist faces and tell porkies about how they're gonna give that Hussein a chance. When they get in the booth, it'll be business as usual - another old white guy.
Good job too in this instance.
I reckon the email is down because their spam filters were never set up to take:
You one-eyed snot-gobbling lying toerag
thick as thieves...actually some people have to leave the house to go to work at some time...i was not avoiding the conversation but was working you dillweed
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