Oh, dear. Minister for Chipmunks Hazel Blears has lashed out at Gordon Brown in the Observer. She has said that the government has suffered "lamentable failures" in communicating its message. Failure, yes, but hardly lamentable.

The quote that must puzzles us at KeepRightOnline is:

YouTube if you want to, but it is no substitute for knocking on doors or setting up a stall in the town centre.

Bloody hell, what an awful turn of phrase (albeit one that reminds the world what anniversary is coming up!).

We can imagine Blears not being a big fan of Gordon's Grin going viral pandemic, but it seems to be an accusation of Labour overusing new media: a suggestion that's bizarre to anyone that's ever sat down in front of a computer! They haven't over-used it: they have misused it, and often abused it.

Labour doesn't appeal to the burgeoning population that gets its news from the Internet. It is doing everything it can to put them off.

More when it's available.