The Jam meme: latest sighting

Yesterday we kicked Gus O'Donnell for cracking down on blogging in government, so it was good to see Tom Watson (in a, yes, very good speech on government and technology) defending Civil Serf at the Tower 08 conference yesterday. It was less good to see him trumpeting the latest badge of cool among MPs - a liking for The Jam:

Ten years ago, I had a Discman and a few hundred CDs. It was a big collection.

Today, my iPod holds thousands of songs, including nearly everything ever written by the Jam.

Whaddever. Just remember, Tom, when it comes to public services, the public gets what the public wants. Or was that the other way around?