In the Guardian my friend Emily Bell doubts that the Tories' "Inner Tosser" campaign, warning the young to "just say no" to debt-accumulation is a true "viral video":
"What it is, in fact, is a very standard ad by the Tory party, a bit like the Frank drugs campaign, which is quite cleverly shot and executed. It does not necessarily deserve the opprobrium heaped on to it by Vince Cable, but it might deserve an estuary 'whatever'. It has all the charm of a 'grooming' programme for naïve young voters who unintentionally find it on the internet thinking it's a basket of animated puppies, and the next thing they know they're being lectured on social responsibility."
Oooh! Ouch! Emily also says that visiting Webcameron is:
"a bit like buying a copy of Jockeyslut and discovering the Spectator inside."
What's Jockeyslut I wondered, unfashionably. Then I googled it. Eeek!
Hi Dave - thanks for blogging this....also have to fess up that later in the piece I mentioned G Brown's miserable efforts. His blog though is a spoof - but so well done (ear-bleedingly dull) that I never got far enough into any of the posts to tell. So sorry Gordon - the corrections and clarifications column awaits....
Posted by: emily bell | November 27, 2006 at 03:05 PM
Funny piece, Em. And you're very brave to own up to your mistake. You wouldn't catch me doing a thing like that.
Posted by: Dave Hill | November 27, 2006 at 03:12 PM
I couldn't get access to 'jockeyslut' - I think my kids have turned on the parental controls on my computer.
Posted by: Terri | November 27, 2006 at 05:48 PM
I came here to read intelligent comment ;-) and find myself clicking on a link to porn ... hmmmm ....
A bonus of sorts!
Cx
Posted by: Caroline | November 27, 2006 at 08:57 PM
I'm told by an emailer that "Jockeyslut" was also the name of a music magazine. There was a time when I'd have known that. Perhaps that's what Emily had in imnd, although if it was she never said so.
Posted by: Dave Hill | November 27, 2006 at 11:34 PM
The 'Inner Tosser'? What a load of w**k! (sorry, couldn't resist). This flat-footed attempt to jump on the viral bandwagon is just plain sad.
Anybody wanting to learn what all the fuss is about virals could do worse than check out the First Post gallery at http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=5&subID=16 -
'Bush Pilot' http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=5&subID=197 currently tops my own list of Desert Island Virals, although 'Web 2.0' http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=5&subID=172 (winner of a recent First Post ad competition) is a very close contender.
And don't miss Graham Manson's 'Extreme Ways' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54rNB-q0hNI&mode=related Pretty catchy, huh? But then I am biased: Graham is a good friend of mine (and the subject matter is close to my heart).
Graeme
Posted by: Blog4Justice | November 28, 2006 at 06:20 AM
Somehow my work PC (normally a very fastidious blocker) let me access the link.
Never has the back button been pressed so swiftly.
Posted by: matt_c | November 28, 2006 at 11:09 AM
I like the search categories on Jockeyslut:
Sexo
Naked Wife
Bitches
Nude Wife
Housewife
Cheap Flights
The sex(o) I can cope with, but why ruin the environment? Hey?
Posted by: Baby Washington | November 28, 2006 at 07:48 PM