After the limp reception the droopy Draper received as spearhead of the governments penetration into Web 2.0 and the blogosphere, we get news of another flaccid attempt.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families has ejaculated £4.6 million into the hands of the 20:20 agency to pay for a series of 22 short films that can be downloaded onto mobile phones encouraging the use of condoms.

Unfortunately, from the miniscule information the agency have in hand concerning the number of ‘Alfie’s’ downloading this information, rather than ‘getting on with it’ sans sheath, it appears it would have been cheaper to have issued every young man in the UK with a little ‘something for the week-end’ free of charge. The programme even has its own Facebook page, but only 36 fans; they should have got Richard Branson to run it, they might have gained a few Mates.

Another impotent government excursion into the blogosphere. Another £4.6 million quid that has failed to seed.

Mara MacSeoinin
March 8, 2009 at 15:46

Perhaps if they taught them things like Oh, I don’t know, what were those hallmarks of my soi-distant youth? Self-respect, dignity, privacy, self-possession rather than ‘if you can’t be good be careful’, thus appealing to the most beastly (in both senses) of human instinct, they’d have less of a problem. Of course, any kid part of the NuLab experiment will have to use a dictionary to look those words up – if they can read in the first place, that is.

Coco
March 5, 2009 at 19:13

‘Ere! I’ve heard a whisper that the contraceptive injection is the way forward. Along with the anti-cervical cancer vaccine.

So if we pump the kids up with vaccines for chlamidia, HIV etc. ………….. we should be able to keep the shareholders and stakeholders of the major drugs companies in clover forever and ever.

Just off to chuck my money into vaccines and GM crops right now!

Gloria Smudd
March 5, 2009 at 14:35

These bloomin’ Government Johnnies – they’ve got more departments than bloomin’ Grace Brothers.

Blink
March 5, 2009 at 14:20

“My question

Anna Raccoon
March 5, 2009 at 14:23

You have made me laugh blink, thank-you, well said.

Adrian P
March 5, 2009 at 14:12

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