Bemused hairdresser takes e-mail requests from Prime Minister Blair

[Kellanved]

If people seek advice from a hairdresser, they usually want to know whether, for instance, mullets are back in fashion or if they should go to Ibiza for their holidays. Not every day does the Prime Minister ask for help with a high-profile speech from a humble crimper.

So when Ronnie Campbell, proprietor of the Kutting Krew saloon in Barrow-in-Furness, received an e-mail from Tony Blair asking for feedback on his forthcoming speech to the Labour Party conference, Mr Campbell was a little surprised. "I half-expected a message from George Bush asking me about his Iraq policy, '' he said. Not long afterwards, Mr Campbell also received a request from a member of the public for some House of Commons whisky, which was followed by further messages, including invitations to meetings of MP's.

Concerned some of the e-mails contained security details - such as car registration numbers and times and places of meetings - he contacted his local police. It soon became clear his e-mail address had been confused with that of another Ronnie Campbell, the Labour MP for Blyth Valley since 1987.

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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=463537

[wtmusic]

1. Reminds me of the Australian gaffe

when detailed travel plans for the Queen's visit were faxed to a local McDonald's.

[Kellanved]

2. I found it quite interesting

Mailing such things with no encryption and/or signature seems pretty reckless/dumb to me. Not what I'd expect from a modern Government.

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. Oh man, we're gonna need alot of Big Macs!

and relabel the menu from fries to "chips"!!!!