UK's House of Lords Speaks To Voters Via YouTube, Blogs

PHPNerd writes "In a bold move to connect with the next generation of young British voters, the House of Lords has launched a YouTube video series that will detail what it does and make it more accessible to the younger generation. It accompanies an experimental blog in which various Lords write about political issues and can receive feedback from anyone around the world. The article quotes spokesman Owen Williams saying, 'We're trying to engage with younger people and people who may not be interested in politics. We looked at YouTube because it appeals to people outside the political elite.' Is this doomed to failure, or should more governments be doing something similar?"

Comments

Re:"We lie cheat and steal... "

[JamesTRexx]

Makes you wonder, on the one hand they engage in strangling the privacy of the people which includes the internet, and then they want to be thought of as hip by using that same medium to promote themselves..?

"we're cutting your net off for p2p, vote for us!"

[plasmacutter]

This reminds me of the stupid second life hearing they pulled in the US.

The posturing was so obvious and stilted it wasn't funny.

such lines were spoken as---"you just want help getting to the seventh level in world of warcraft"

They might have thought it was a success but they came off sounding even less connected with the ipod generation than "series of tubes" Ted.

If they want to reach out to we, the younger generations, then they need to stop railing against a common, accepted, everyday activity for 99.9% of us and calling us thieves

no need to dress up in tie-dye and "feel the love", no need to wade through woodstock. Actions speak louder than posing. Stand up for us against the media cartels. Represent US rather than them.

Dump the 3 strikes plan, demand net neutrality instead of net filtering, and if you really want the votes to pour in push and international treaty calling for the charters of all IFPI members to be pulled irrevocably.