Watson the new e-Czar?

Is Tom Watson, inveterate blogger and newly promoted permanent secretary, going to take over as the Government's Internet bod? Consultant Simon Dickson thinks so, and also ponders what this might mean for Watson's attractive attack-dog mentality on his website.

Watson's already using his site to ask for people to suggest ideas for what the government could do with online:

I have some responsibility for technology projects and want to use the blog to ask for some advice and ideas. Assuming you’ve already got world peace, free beer and legislation to save Scrabulous on Facebook as ministerial priorities, what should I be working on? What can I push the techies who work for the government to do that will make a practical improvement to people’s lives?

We hope this doesn't mean Watson is going to get all polite and inclusive and big-tent on us now he's got a proper job and everything....