UK politics gets Googled

If Reuters and the FT report it, it must be true... Google boss advising UK and world politicians that new media will make them all accountable, no place to hide. After Murdoch's televisions ending tyranny, new media moguls target elected politicians. Be warned.

Or not.

This nice article explores the very important question whether it is Google and politics or Google and policy. Or, whether the recent British whirlwind tour of Google's commander in chief is really about teaching politicians the power of the Net, to restore democracy, or more mundanely to have friends in the right [high] places.

Judge for yourselves, from the New Scientist Technology Blog, a nice take:

New Scientist Technology Blog: UK politics gets Googled.
It seems the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, is taking an interest in UK politics. Today he met with Prime Minister Tony Blair before speaking at the annual conference of the opposition party the Conservatives...