Comments on: McBride & Draper: New Media, Old School

By: Rob Brown

Rob Brown — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:38:43 +0000

Stuart, Tom Watson understands and champions new media but some of his tactics in my opinion are resolutely old school. If Tom Watson isn’t holding the reigns for the Labour’s social media strategy then who is? I maintain that if he didn’t know – he should have.

By: under strict embargo » What now for Labour’s online strategy?

under strict embargo » What now for Labour’s online strategy? — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:54:05 +0000

[...] of LabourList and Draper’s involvement, despite Draper giving Hanson’s boss at Staniforth a direct lesson in his own corrosive brand of blogger [...]

By: Judith Haire

Judith Haire — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:06:45 +0000

I don’t know what else there is to say really. The Red Rag thingy makes me yawn and does nothing for Labour’s reputation at a time when every ounce of energy is needed for Go Fourth etc

Good blog though Rob

By: Pink Raven

Pink Raven — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:10:47 +0000

As things have turned out “red rag” must be dead in the water. differences of interpretation of facts are the stuff of politics. downright lies are absolutely intolerable.
all politicians, like all of us, have skeletons in their cupboards but the insinuation that labour blogs were to be issued with a string of made up stuff difficult to disprove on the spot is appalling. Stop digging the hole! there’s no credit in sordid fantasy.

By: Stuart Bruce

Stuart Bruce — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:59:57 +0000

Tom Watson isn’t of “the old school” and has made it quite clear that he wasn’t involved in Red Rag. And neither Derek or McBride were “one of his charges” so he couldn’t really have been expected to know about what they were up to.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:07:17 +0000

Here here! Derek Draper is a liability who is putting people off engaging in politics and defeating the whole purpose of interactive engagement. The constant bitchyness is doing great damage and the result is higher levels of disengagement and cynicism.

By: Nigel Legg

Nigel Legg — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:23:26 +0000

These guys don’t get it because they have been in the pampered velvet lined rut of Downing Street for too long. They need to get out there and take up the challenge of engaging with the voters. I hope that the opposition will use social media to their advantage during the coming election campaigns and give the government a bloody nose – that will make them realise what they’re up against.

By: Gordon MacMillan

Gordon MacMillan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:53:54 +0000

Good post none of it as a surprise, this was always going to happen, I blogged last year on Harry’s Place that bringing him back was a desperate move.

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/13/dump-draper/