Second working day of the week and already the Tories are on to their second eye-catching idea for the internet. Let's see how this one compares to Cash Gordon ...
The plan is to crowdsource the budget. That is not to ask the crowd to write it – we tried a slimmed-down version of that, and in the opinion of our economics editor, Larry Elliott, the wisdom of our crowd would most likely lead to rioting in the streets (his piece and full results coming soon). It is, instead, to post the document on their website and ask members of the public to help identify the problems contained in the small print.
This isn't a new idea for the Tories; in the Christmas/New Year period the party announced a £1m competition to develop a website that could "harness the wisdom" of voters to "resolve difficult policy challenges". It is the first time the party will have tried it. What do you think? Add your thoughts below. We have already crowdsourced it on the @GdnPolitics Twitter stream and so far received one sceptical response: "Crowdsourcing isn't the same as getting feedback online. A crowdsourced budget would be: 'Here's £Xbn, how should we spend it?'"
