£40.55 per comment

I read that

"A pioneering online consultation on Gordon Brown's much trumpeted government relaunch has received only 233 comments since its launch in June, according to Cabinet Office figures.

Building Britain's Future was designed to lay out the government's work on improving the economy and allow the public to make suggestions for the legislative programme in the next session of Parliament.

But the comments are sparse, and where they exist, scathing.

"This is obviously one of Brown's latest lamest attempts at a relaunch, it's therefore a Labour policy document and should not benefit from taxpayer's funds, " said one comment.

"How out of touch can you get? No substance, just more gesture politics and spin!" reads another.

The web site aimed to promote interaction through different channels but only five people responded to the consultation by making a video.

The Cabinet Office said the site cost £9,449 to set up."

Compared with the rest of the money Gordon Brown and his Labour government have wasted, £9,449 is small beer and £40.55 per comment probably seems reasonable to someone wedded to public expenditure as the solution to almost every problem.