TonyTube

Croydon Council's Labour leader Tony Newman came into Advertiser House yesterday for a photo shoot to plug his newly-launched YouTube videos.

If I was in a mean mood - which I usually am - I'd point out that it could do with a bit of a push as only five people have looked at his current offering in the past week.

I know for certain that one of those was me, another was one of our reporters, one was our news editor and I bet Tony himself couldn't resist a quick peek. Which begs the question - who was the remaining mystery viewer?

Although TonyTube is obviously in its infancy, more and more politicians will no doubt be going down this route in future.

His current video discusses the schools review (and rather disingenuously refers to 'a local paper' breaking the news of proposed closures - we're always happy to receive the occasional plug too you know.) Have a look for yourself here.

Don't get too excited by the video of Tony Newman performing Soul Thing though - that's another Tony entirely.

Just to show we're still strictly politically-neutral, the Conservatives' Sara Bashford has been in the office too to discuss the 2008 Ecocitizen awards - more on that soon.