A resurgent Liberal

The Times has now asked the editor of Web User magazine to assess all the leadership campaign websites.

“Leadership candidates use web to snare new support”

He’s right about the complexity of the menu on Ming’s site (as was). These happen through lots of small steps that add up to an overcomplex whole - I’ve already simplified it a bit. If I get time, I’ll put some work into some even simpler, and possibly more dynamic menus as soon as the election is over.

A report on Google Maps Mania appears to have triggered some enthusiasm from the Bivings Report across the pond for the map on Ming’s website:

Maybe I should ship Mr Bivings some of the virtual champagne from further down the page for starting off my weekend on such an encouraging note…

First the GSM Awards, and now this in today’s Times:

“Rivals cowed by the Ming’s web mastery”

Ah, if only it were true…

Further to my earlier post touching on Gladstone’s high level of energy and effectiveness in his late sixties, seventies and eighties, John Locke’s Body has pointed out that Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who led the Liberal Party to its greatest ever victory, with one of its strongest front bench teams, and most radical reforming period in power, was 63 years old when he became the leader of the Liberal Party, and 69 when he became Prime Minister.

Nice to see that the last campaign I was responsible for at Vodafone has been recognised at the 2006 GSM Awards in Barcelona as the best mobile advertising campaign in the world.

Time to open a bottle of champagne and spray it around the kitchen (or, in reality, share it with Michaela).

While I’m at it, here’s some more champagne (all virtual I’m afraid) for all the other people at JWT London and in the Vodafone UK Marketing Communications team for all the imagination, creativity and hard work that made the campaign possible…