Very, very hacked off with the party's current strategy; heads would be rolling at Cowley Street if it were up to me, beginning with Chris Rennard who is showing all the tactical awareness of Custer at the Little Big Horn.
Depressing, isn't it? Ah well, the metro this morning seemed to be saying that when it was pointed out this was evil and illegal the idea got dropped. But it's such bad PR, and it'll piss off all the people who usually vote for the lib dems. If nothing else 'they do it in America so it must be good' is not an appealing argument. I'd be ranting about it in my blog, but I want it forgotten as quickly as possible.
Last I looked, it was against OFTEL regulations (maybe OFCOM has different ideas) to phone someone up and play a recorded message at them unless they'd explicitly and specifically opted in.
I remember this in the context of Tango having the bright idea of instead phoning public call boxes and playing an advertisement at them — OFTEL reluctantly admitted this was allowed, but asked that Tango cease and desist in order to save them the hassle of banning it. (-8
I can see this gimmick backfiring extremely badly. "They claimed the scheme, inspired by hi-tech polling used by the Democrats in the US, had been favourably received by half of those targeted in pilots featuring the voice of the former party leader Lord Ashdown.", indeed? I wonder how "favourably"; I note they don't state how incandescent with outrage the other half were.
Certainly, I'm very cross with the LibDems right now for a variety of reasons, many a little more substantive than that. Can we have an SNP candidate in Cambridge, please?
Am I the only one who thinks it is a good idea? All I get are Lib Dem leaflets through my door which are all about how they've done in some local election and how "[some other party] cannot win here". Which certainly is positive and I appreciate the effort, but I am sure that to hear what the latest Lib Dem policies are would be something new for many people. And why not centrally co-ordinated using the telephone rather than leaving it to local members who may not be best at ensuring they're consistent with other Lib Dems elsewhere in the UK? I just hope there is a menu with options ("If you would like to hear about our economic policies, please press 1. If you would ..."). And maybe a ring-back option that costs 90p a minute - could be useful for fundraising?
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Date: 2008-09-18 11:05 am (UTC)I remember this in the context of Tango having the bright idea of instead phoning public call boxes and playing an advertisement at them — OFTEL reluctantly admitted this was allowed, but asked that Tango cease and desist in order to save them the hassle of banning it. (-8
I can see this gimmick backfiring extremely badly. "They claimed the scheme, inspired by hi-tech polling used by the Democrats in the US, had been favourably received by half of those targeted in pilots featuring the voice of the former party leader Lord Ashdown.", indeed? I wonder how "favourably"; I note they don't state how incandescent with outrage the other half were.
Certainly, I'm very cross with the LibDems right now for a variety of reasons, many a little more substantive than that. Can we have an SNP candidate in Cambridge, please?
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