Are Silverfish and Labour preparing for the online election battle?

Back in August I noted how LabourVision, the Labour YouTube channel had seemed to fizzle out and had not been updated for some time. Quite a shame really, and surprising given that there seems to be a consensus of how the Internet will play ever greater roles in campaigning.

Speaking of which, does anyone remember Silverfish? The chummy with Labour production company that "speculatively" registered Gordon Brown leadership domains in advance of the non-existent contest, then said it was off their own back but did eventually find themsleves the owners of the domain that Gordon eventually used?

Well they've been registering things again (and building stuff this time as well). Now, whilst I have no idea whether they are actually linked to the Labour Party in this case, let's be honest, it's a fair presumption to think that something like CampaignTV.org might be something to do with politics. That's not to say it is you understand, merely that on past knowledge it would be unwise to dismiss it out of hand and say it isn't.

Looks good doesn't it? Lots of flashy stuff with video. Could this be Labour's next step on the web after the disaster that is LabourVision? Only Silverfish know of course, and I would expect a denial anyway.

More importantly, if it is some new project for Labour to present themselves on the Net, could its current state be indicative of a forthcoming election? Are we about to see "attack ads" in the UK from Labour to take advantage of the deregulated Internet?

One might ask, what's the point of password protection if you can view most of the site anyway? Well it's the video that is being protected, not the site itself. I wait with baited breath.