Google boss lost in tide of blue rinse

According to Reuters, he was there to preach about keeping the Internet from turning into a two-tier operation and the importance of having it accessible and free.

However, with the average age of conference delegates being well over 60, one has to wonder if his audience actually knew what he was talking about.

The issue of a two-tiered Internet has never really been an issue in Blighty, and most of the delegates to the conference are in the famous generation who are too scared to touch computers in case they, or the computer explodes.

In a bid to tune his talk to his audience, Schmidt mentioned that Google even saved a bloke who tapped his symptoms into Google, and got a message back that said, 'You are having a heart attack. Call the emergency services now'.

However, when he lapsed into talking about the concept of blogging he might have lost them again. Leader David Cameron has done quite well with his bog, apparently, but Schmidt warned that most blogs had a reader of one.

It was fairly clear that Schmidt was there to show the world that the Conservatives really were with it and in tune with the issues of the day.

Schmidt suggested that Cameron should adopt a 70, 20, 10 percent policy similar to Google. He meant that 70 percent of its effort should be focused on core activities, 20 percent on adjacent activities and 10 percent on completely new ideas. Half of these should be wacko, and half brilliant, he suggested.

We wonder which category the poll tax fitted into. µ

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