November 18, 2004
Public gets chance to text Tony Blair
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will be answering questions from the public via a mobile phone chatroom session hosted by O2, reports Netimperative.
"The 45-minute session will be transmitted live from No.10 Downing Street on Thursday 25th November, at 1pm."
The opportunity is available to any mobile user, who can text the letters PM and then their question to 80202. Alternatively, they can join the chat by going to O2 Active on the day. Questions can be submitted in advance by SMS, photo messaging or WAP.
A full transcript of the interview will be available on the internet when the session is over.
Other political SMS chats:
-- 1.3 million SMS sent to French Prime Minister Raffarin - On Tuesday June 1st, 2004, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin answered questions online on several Websites SMS, via mobile community Freever's website.
-- Texting campaign for US presidential candidate - Presidential canditate Howard Dean's used SMS to build grassroots support with young voters by setting up his texto campaign headquarters on Upoc.com.
-- French politicans participate in SMS chat sessions In 2002, before and during the presidential elections in France, candidates Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Alain Madelin, François Bayrou and extreme right wing Jean-Marie Lepen all participated in SMS chat sessions organized by (youth) mobile community Freever, with an astounding 250'000 questions logged in for Jean-Marie Le Pen.
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