{"id":1040,"date":"2007-11-19T19:42:02","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/11\/19\/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-probably-isnt-the-question\/"},"modified":"2007-11-19T19:42:02","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T18:42:02","slug":"to-be-or-not-to-be-that-probably-isnt-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/11\/19\/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-probably-isnt-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"To be or not to be &#8211; that probably isn&#8217;t the question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of things the Liberal Democrats are trying out as part of the current leadership election is a video hustings on YouTube. Anyone can submit a video of themselves asking a question and five of these will be put to the two candidate, Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne, who will respond via video.<\/p>\n<p>You shouldn&#8217;t need anything more advanced than a camera phone that can handle video to record yourself asking a question. Here&#8217;s the introduction to the hustings from the party&#8217;s Chief Executive (and Acting Returning Officer) in what turned out to be one of the most watched videos on the UK YouTube site in the last week.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8qR_sRSWk-o&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8qR_sRSWk-o&#038;rel=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>To submit a question, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.youtube.com\/video_response_upload?v=8qR_sRSWk-o\">the video response page<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of things the Liberal Democrats are trying out as part of the current leadership election is a video hustings on YouTube. 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